Dance in California Sheet Music

• Quadrille. Because the choreography was printed below each number in "The True Lancers' Quadrilles" ("as danced at the state balls), it is possible to reconstruct the sequence of steps used. Among the steps used are the "balancez," "chassez," "pirouette," "ballotes."
  "The San Francisco Quadrilles" were arranged by George Peck from "the most favourite Negro melodies," including "Poor Nelly," "Old Folks at Home," "Carry Me Long," "The Virginia Rosebud," and "Nelly Bly."
• Quick step
• Galop
• Polka
• Varsoviana The choreography "as taught at Mr. Hazard's Dancing Academy" of a varsoviana was printed by Atwill in 1856: "The Rose" is one of four dances in the series "Flowers of California" written by L. T. Planel and decorated with a charming lithograph of a young girl elegantly dressed.
• March
• Waltz
• Mazurka
• Cakewalk, or Pas-ma-la "My Honolulu Lady" by Lee Johnson includes a dance at the end entitled Pas-ma-la, or Cakewalk. A photo of the "Newsboys' Quintette" that performed the piece is included on the last page of the digitized images of "Rosie Cleary," also by Lee Johnson.
  The lyrics of "My Darktown Gal" by Lee Johnson mention cakewalks and coonhops, and the African American dancers of 1897 are pictured in a photograph on the cover.
• Buck and Wing. James A. Marshall and Walter Wolff published a collection of dance tunes called "Evening Pastimes" (1897) with a lithograph on the cover of slaves dancing to banjo accompaniment. Labelled "Buck and Wing Dance (Characteristic)", as well as ragtime, instructions in the music include doing the "Johnny Bull" and "Jackass Grin" as well as the "Bombasha".
• Jig
• Mandolina Dance. Composed by Johnny Donigan expressly for a "Mandolin Ballet" that was invented and arranged by Bolossy Kiralfy (Hungarian-born) , and played on the mandolin by Kiralfy's Secondas Dancers. S.F., Matthias Gray, 1888. Another edition published by Broder & Schlam, 1888, with castinet cues.
  Sources: Bolossy Kiralfy, Creator of Great Musical Spectacles: An Autobiography, ed. Barbara M. Barker (Theater and Dramatic Studies, no. 50). Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, 1988. .