Dancing by the Shore
Victorian Music from Nahant

by Spare Parts
published by the Nahant Historical Society
CONTENTS:
1. Sea Serpent Polka by M. Strakosh, 1850
2. Nahant March by W. H. Thomas, 1884
3–7. Nahant Quadrilles by John H. Hewitt, 1836
3. Fig. No. 1 – Rebecca
4. Fig. No. 2 – Estelle
5. Fig. No. 3 – Laura
6. Fig. No. 4 – Georgette
7. Fig. No. 5 – Sophia
8. Col. Lowell’s Quick Step by B.A. Burditt, 1838
9. Nahant Polka by Ludwig Stasny, 1854
10–14. The Lancer’s Quadrilles
15. Nahant Waltz by James Hewitt, ca. 1820s

About the Music, Dances and CD

We have created a CD of all of the Nahant related tunes that have been danced to at the Nahant Victorian Day Balls since the early 1990s. Katy and Ben Bishop, who sponsor the Nahant Ball, gathered together sheet music from the Nahant Historical Society's collection, and with the help of Dr. Patri J. Pugliese and our fine musicians Bill Matthiessen and Liz Stell (of Spare Parts), revived these little-known tunes. Some of the dances enjoyed at the Nahant balls include the Nahant Quadrilles, Nahant Polka, Nahant Waltz, Sea Serpent Polka. The CD was produced for the Nahant Historical Society, with sales benefiting our worthwhile efforts to preserve Nahant's rich and varied past.

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