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The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) Mari Hofer
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BACKGROUND
Information: Mari Ruef Hofer (1858-1929), author of dance books.
PUBLICATIONS
- All the World A-Dancing: a collection of folk dances of various nationalities, with historic comment and authentic description of dance steps. Hoffer, Mari Ruef. Piano arrangements revised by Stella Roberts. Chicago: Summy, 1925. Instructions and music for 33 dances.
- Camp Recreations and Pageants. Hoffer, Mari Ruef. New York: Association Press, 1927.
- Children's Singing Games, Old and New, for vacation schools, playgrounds, schoolyards, kindergartens and primary grades, rev. and comp. by Mari Ruef Hofer. Chicago: M.R. Hofer, 1901; Chicago: Federal, 1914; Chicago: Flanagan, 1901, 1914, 1938.
- The Christ-Child in Art, Story and Song: the children's Messiah; a Christmas entertainment. Compiled and arranged by Mari Ruef Hofer; music by Miles Birket Foster, Niels W. Gade and others. Chicago: Summy, 1899.
- Christmas in Peasant France: chant de nativite: a Christmas play introducing noels, chansons and traditions fo the people. Compiled and arranged by Mari Ruef Hofer; incidental music by H. Courtland Cobb. Chicago: Summy, 1926.
- Christmas plays, pantomimes and dances. Chicago: Flanagan, 1919, 1922.
- Christmasse in merrie England with old carols, dances and a masque: arranged by Mari Ruef Hofer. Chicago: Summy, 1915.
- Festival and civic plays from Greek and Roman tales: by Mari Ruef Hofer. Chicago: Beckley-Cardy, 1926, 1931.
- A Greek Frieze. Chicago: Summy, 1921.
- Music for the child world: a collection of pianoforte music from the masters and modern writers, especially adapted to the needs of the kindergarten. Revised and ed. by Calvin B. Cady. Chicago: Summy, 1900-11.
- Polite and Social Dances: a collection of historic dances, Spanish, Italian, French, English, German, American, with historical sketches, descriptions of the dances and instructions for their performance; comp. and ed. by Mari Ruef Hofer. Chicago: Summy, 1917.
- Popular folk games and dances, for playground, vacation, school and schoolroom use; arranged by Mari Ruef Hofer. Chicago: Flanagan, 1907, 1923. Rev. ed. Chicago: Federal, 1914, 1920, 1929, 1936.
- Primary and Junior Songs for the Sunday School: a handbook of chants, hymns, responses, sentences and supplementary songs. Chicago: Summy, 1901.
- Recreations of the Greeks and Romans: Shown in Records of Their Plays, Games, Festivals and Physical Training. Hofer, Mari. Master's thesis, University of Southern California, 1928.
- Seasonal Festivals and pageants; arranged by Mari Ruef Hofer. Harvest Festival. Chicago: Summy, 1916.
- Story of Bethlehem; a Christmas play with music. Chicago: Summy, 1912.
- The Teaching of Elementary Music; by Charles H. Farnsworth and Mari R. Hofer. New York: Columbia University Press, 1904.
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