What follows is the start of a catalog of contra dance music tune books. I've limited myself to print versions and included the most common compilations, tunebooks from specific composers, and tunebooks from a historical or country of origin. I make no claim that I've included all possibilities, so if you are aware of a tunebook that is not on this list and you feel should be, please e-mail me.
| Cole, M. M. | 1,000 Fiddle Tunes | |||
| Raven, Michael | 1000 English Country Dance Tunes | Composer/Publisher | ||
| DiGiuseppe, David | 101 Irish Tunes for the Piano Accordion | Composer/Publisher | ||
| DiGiuseppe, David | 101 Tunes for the Piano Accordion | Composer/Publisher Button Box | ||
| Williams, Vivian | 141 Brand New Old Time Fiddle Tunes, Volume 2 | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Williams, Vivian | 151 Brand New Old Time Fiddle Tunes, Volume 1 | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Williams, Vivian | 169 Brand New Old Time Fiddle Tunes, Volume 3 | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Goodin, John | 31 Waltzes | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Silberberg, Gene | 93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn't Learn at the Tractor Tavern | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Hazzard-Watkins, Ethan | A is for Avocado | Composer/Publisher Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| Conger, Susan | Along the River | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Button Box | ||
| Gitlitz, Paul | Anna's Smile | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club Inc | Australian Traditional Dance Tunes | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club Inc | Australian Traditional Dance Tunes, Volume 2, A Swag of Treasures | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Doty, Derrick | Barber's Rant: Fiddle Tunes from the Flint Hills of Kansas | |||
| Barnes, Peter | Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes, The | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music Button Box | ||
| Barnes, Peter | Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes Volume 2, The | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Button Box | ||
| Barnes, Kate | Barnes Book of English Country Dance Tunes Volume 3, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Great Meadow Music Button Box | ||
| Levenson, Dan | Beyond the Waterfall | Composer/Publisher Composer/Publisher | ||
| Murphy, Keith | Black Isle Music | Composer/Publisher CDSS Button Box | ||
| Murphy, Keith | Black Isle Music II | Composer/Publisher Button Box | ||
| Murphy, Keith | Black Isle Music III | Composer/Publisher CDBaby Button Box | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Big Book of Waltzes | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 1 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 10 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 11 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 12 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 13 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 14 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 15 | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 2 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 3 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 4 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 5 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 6 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 7 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 8 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| McQuillen, Bob | Bob's Note Books, Volume 9 | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| Stubbert, Brenda | Brenda Stubbert - The Second Collection | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Stubbert, Brenda | Brenda Stubbert's Collection of Fiddle Tunes | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Thomson, Ryan | Captain Fiddle's Tunebook 2 | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Thomson, Ryan | Captain Fiddle's Tunes and Variations | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Roberts, Alan w/Sande Gillette and Rodney Miller | Castles in the Air Tunebook, The | Composer/Publisher Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| Ungar, Jay and Mason, Molly | Catskill Mountain Waltzes and Airs | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Greenblatt, Deborah | Cello Fiddling Tune Book, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| New England Dancing Masters | Chimes of Dunkirk | Composer/Publisher Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| Keller, Kate Van Winkle and Sweet, Ralph | Choice Selection of American Country Dances of the Revolutionary Era 1775-1795, A | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| Thomson, Ryan | Chord Encyclopedia for 1,400 Fiddle Tunes and Country Dance Melodies | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| Stell, Liz and Matthiesen, Bill | Civil War Ballroom Band Book, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Carroll, Liz | Collected | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Silberberg, Gene | Complete - Fiddle Tunes I Either Did or Did Not Learn at the Tractor Tavern , The | Elderly Instruments | ||
| Rowsome, Catriona | Complete Carolan Songs and Airs | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments | ||
| Koth, Mickey | Connecticut Sound, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Holenko, John | Contra Dance Encyclopedia | Composer/Publisher Button Box | ||
| Goodin, John and Sessions, Erik | Contratopia Tunebook | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Kruskal, Jody | Cool Tunes for Hot Dances | Composer/Publisher Button Box | ||
| Broome, Adam; Trudel, Jaige; Williams, Nicholas | Crowfoot Tunebook, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| Unger, Larry | Curvy Road to Corinth, The/Reckless Reel, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Gowan, Sarah and Quern, Bill | Dancing Between the Notes | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Hart, Laurie and Sandell, Greg | Danse Ce Soir! - Fiddle and Accordion Music of Quebec | Composer/Publisher CDSS Button Box | ||
| Bartlett, Sam | Evil Diane Tunebook | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Fackler, Paul | Fackler Collection, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Kruskal, Jody | Feet in the Clouds | Composer/Publisher Button Box | ||
| Ferrel, Frank | Ferrel Collection | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Reuter, Lucy | Fiddle Tunes for Cello | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Keller, Kae Van Wrinkle | Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution | |||
| Silberberg, Gene | Fiddle Tunes I Learned at the Tractor Tavern (and Other Places Around Puget Sound) | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments | ||
| Brody, David | Fiddler's Fakebook | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments Button Box | ||
| Miller, Randy | Fiddler's Throne, The | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music | ||
| Hebert, Donna | Fiddling Demystified | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Sweet, Ralph | Fifer's Delight, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Pasquarello, Bob | Fingers Dancing | CDSS | ||
| Gitlitz, Paul | Fool's Journey, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Unger, Larry | Further Adventures | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Gitlitz, Paul | Giblitz Fancy | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Pimentel, Joseph | Goldcrest Collection | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| Hebert, Donna | Hand Made Tunes | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Miller, Rodney | Hardings All-Round Collection of Jigs, Reels, and Country Dances | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Pasquarello, Bob | Heartbeats...in 3/4 Time | Anglo-American Dance Service | ||
| MacDonald, Dan R. | Heather Hill Collection, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Gitlitz, Paul | Higgs Boson Blues | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Jensen, Jonathan | Honeysuckle Cottage | CDSS | ||
| Gitlitz, Paul | Hunters and Gatherers | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Barnes, Peter | Interview with a Vamper | Composer/Publisher Great Meadow Music | ||
| Miller, Randy and Perron, Jack | Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd Ed. | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments | ||
| Holland, Jerry | Jerry Holland: The Second Collection | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Holland, Jerry | Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes | Composer/Publisher | ||
| King, Julie; Ginsburg, Claude; Bartley, Dave | KGB Tune Dossier | Composer/Publisher | ||
| King, Julie; Ginsburg, Claude; Bartley, Dave | KGB Tune Dossier #2 | Composer/Publisher CDSS Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| New England Dancing Masters | Listen to the Mockingbird | Composer/Publisher Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| Barnes, Peter | Little Couple-Dancemusik | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston Button Box | ||
| VanNorstrand, Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand | Long Flight Home | CDSS | ||
| Williams, Phil | Mandolin Player's Pastime, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Milliner, Clare and Koken, Walt | Milliner – Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes | Composer/Publisher Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments | ||
| Moore, Thomas | Moore's Irish Melodies | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Tolman, Newton F. and Gilbert, Kay | Nelson Music Collection, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Miller, Randy and Perron, Jack | New England Fiddler's Repertoire, 3rd Edition Revised | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Button Box | ||
| Macfarlane, Peter | North Country, Volume 1 | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Macfarlane, Peter | North Country, Volume 2 | Composer/Publisher | ||
| O'Neill, James | O'Neill's Music of Ireland | Elderly Instruments Button Box | ||
| Levenson, Dan | Old-Time Favorites for Clawhammer Banjo | Composer/Publisher Composer/Publisher | ||
| Levenson, Dan | Old-Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo | Composer/Publisher Composer/Publisher | ||
| Kolodner, Ken | Old-Time Fiddle Style: A Collection of 35 Traditional Appalachian Tunes | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments | ||
| Ladies at Play | Once Upon a Waltz | |||
| Walden, Charlie and Plunkett, Patt | Patt & Possum's Hoe-Downs, Hornpipes & Hokum | Composer/Publisher Elderly Instruments | ||
| Songer, Susan w/Curley, Clyde | Portland Collection, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Button Box | ||
| Songer, Susan w/Curley, Clyde | Portland Collection Volume 2, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Button Box | ||
| Songer, Susan w/Curley, Clyde | Portland Collection Volume 3, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Button Box | ||
| Sky, Patrick | Ryan's Mammoth Collection | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Kolodner, Ken | Sandbridge Tune Collection, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Kolodner, Ken | Sandbridge Waltz and Slow Air Collection, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Williams, Phil and Williams, Vivian | Songs and Dances of the Oregon Trail and Early Pioneer Communities | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Laufman, Dudley and Jacqueline Laufman | Sweets of May | Composer/Publisher Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| Jensen, Jonathan | Swimming Down the Stairs | CDSS | ||
| Rasmusson, Teri | Teri Rasmusson Tune Book | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Bartlett, Sam | Thinks Best in Wire | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| Tidal Wave | Tidal Wave Tune Book | Composer/Publisher Folk Arts Center - Boston | ||
| Gitlitz, Paul | To Have and To Hold | Composer/Publisher | ||
| MacDonald, Dan R. | Trip to Windsor, The | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Krumm, John | Tune Sets for Contra Dances | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| SPUDS and Sarah Gowan | Tuneadelphia! | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Laramee, Hank | Village Dances, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS | ||
| Matthiesen, Bill | Waltz Book, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston Button Box | ||
| Matthiesen, Bill | Waltz Book II, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston Button Box | ||
| Matthiesen, Bill | Waltz Book III, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Great Meadow Music Folk Arts Center - Boston Button Box | ||
| Matthiesen, Bill | Waltz Book IV, The | Composer/Publisher CDSS Elderly Instruments Folk Arts Center - Boston Button Box | ||
| Thomson, Ryan | Waltzes for Folk Instruments and Country Dancing | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Laufman, Dudley | White Mountain Reel | Composer/Publisher | ||
| Miller, Randy | William Marshall's Scottish Melodies, 2nd Ed. | Composer/Publisher |
This page is part of the Contrdancelinks.com web site. For more information about contra dancing, visit these other site pages:
*The Colorado link will bring you to Dancing on the Web. The Maine link will bring you to the Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts. The New Mexico link will bring you to the New Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society. The Utah link will bring you to Utah Contradance Information. These fine organizations and individuals already have complete listings for these states and there is no reason for me to duplicate their efforts.
**As far as I know, there are no regular dances or events in Mississippi, South Dakota or Wyoming, but I have created pages if something changes in the future.