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The collection of Richard Powers
Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance
Chronological listing
78% of the 2,550 sources in my collection are the original editions. 13% are digital scans. 9% are printed facsimile reproductions.
Where dates of publication are not given, dates are estimated. c. = circa.
Most of these primary sources are dance manuals. Stand-alone descriptions of a single dance are noted with » before the title.
Some of these sources from my collection can be downloaded here.
Dancing master and social dance periodicals like Dancing Times and La Danse are included in this listing. Newspaper articles are not. Also not listed are books about theatrical dance, etiquette books, fiction/satire about dance, country and folk dance, secondary sources, and dance histories. Contact me if you would like a listing of my sources in any of those categories (see the bottom of this page).
1828 | Anon. | СОБРАНИЕ ФИГУР ДЛЯ КОТИЛЬОНА (COLLECTION OF FIGURES FOR THE COTILLION) | St. Petersburg | ||
1828 | Carlo | Blasis | THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE | London | |
c. | 1828 | J.S. | Pollock | LA TERPSICHORE MODERNE; selection of the most fashionable QUADRILLES | London |
c. | 1829 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S FIRST SET OF SCOTCH QUADRILLES, Arranged as Duets by Challoner | London |
c. | 1829 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S THIRTIETH SET, OR CELEBRATED ARCHER'S QUADRILLES, ARRANGED AS DUETS. Description and sheet music. | London |
c. | 1829 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S THIRTY-FIRST SET OF QUADRILLES, from Masaniello | London |
1829 | Eduard F. D. | Helmke | NEUE TANZ UND BILDUNGSCHULE | Leipzig | |
1829 | London Court Journal | THE MAZURKA Article reprinted in the 1830 Godey Lady's Book | London | ||
c. | 1829 | Philippe | Musard | » THE XXXVIII SET OF QUADRILLES. (Paper watermarked 1827) | London |
1829 | C.W. | Wiener | GRÜNDLICHE ANWEISUNG ZU ALLEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN TÄNZEN | Zwickau | |
1829 | G. | Yates | THE BALL: A GLANCE AT ALMACKS | London | |
c. | 1830 | A Professor of Dancing at King's Theater | THE FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London | |
1830 | Carlo | Blasis | CODE COMPLET DE LA DANSE Different from Manual de la Danse, social dance emphasis | Paris | |
1830 | Carlo | Blasis | MANUAL COMPLET DE LA DANSE Different from Code de la Danse, theatrical dance emphasis | Paris | |
1830 | Carlo | Blasis | THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
c. | 1830 | T. | Brotherton | » THE RUSSIAN QUADRILLES. The Subjects from Admired Russian Airs, Dedicated to The Duke of Devonshire | London |
1830 | Jean-Henri | Gourdoux-Daux | DIE TANZKUNST ALS BILDUNGSMITTEL DER JUGEND ODER METHODIK | Vienna | |
c. | 1830 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S ROYAL MAZOURKAS (Called Hart's 1st Set of Mazurkas on the internal pages). Steps, figures and music. | London |
1830 | R. | Hill | A GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM, Containing A Selection of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles, Waltzes, Country Dances, and Gallopades | Lincoln, England | |
c. | 1830 | Frederic | Knecht | DIX CONTREDANSES POUR LE PIANO-FORTE with figures | Frankfort |
c. | 1830 | Philippe | Musard | » MUSARD'S 1ST SET OF GALOPPES FAVORITES, Performed at Almack's and the Nobilities Balls. (Paper watermarked 1829) | London |
c. | 1830 | J.S. | Pollock | COMPANION TO LA TERPSICHORE MODERNE | London |
1830 | Ricardo | Porfyrio da Fonseca | » THE FASHIONABLE MADEIRA COTILLIONS | New York | |
1830 | W. | Smyth | A POCKET COMPANION FOR YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CONTAINING DIRECTIONS For the performance of Quadrilles, Scotch, English, Irish, French, and Spanish Country Dances, Reels, &c. &c. | Edinburgh | |
1831 | Carlo | Blasis | THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. THE ART OF DANCING, COMPRISING ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE, AND A HISTORY OF ITS RISE AND PROGRESS, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES | London |
1828 | Anon. | СОБРАНИЕ ФИГУР ДЛЯ КОТИЛЬОНА (COLLECTION OF FIGURES FOR THE COTILLION) | St. Petersburg | ||
1828 | Carlo | Blasis | THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE | London | |
c. | 1828 | J.S. | Pollock | LA TERPSICHORE MODERNE; selection of the most fashionable QUADRILLES | London |
c. | 1829 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S FIRST SET OF SCOTCH QUADRILLES, Arranged as Duets by Challoner | London |
c. | 1829 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S THIRTIETH SET, OR CELEBRATED ARCHER'S QUADRILLES, ARRANGED AS DUETS. Description and sheet music. | London |
c. | 1829 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S THIRTY-FIRST SET OF QUADRILLES, from Masaniello | London |
1829 | Eduard F. D. | Helmke | NEUE TANZ UND BILDUNGSCHULE | Leipzig | |
1829 | London Court Journal | THE MAZURKA Article reprinted in the 1830 Godey Lady's Book | London | ||
c. | 1829 | Philippe | Musard | » THE XXXVIII SET OF QUADRILLES. (Paper watermarked 1827) | London |
1829 | C.W. | Wiener | GRÜNDLICHE ANWEISUNG ZU ALLEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN TÄNZEN | Zwickau | |
1829 | G. | Yates | THE BALL: A GLANCE AT ALMACKS | London | |
c. | 1830 | A Professor of Dancing at King's Theater | THE FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London | |
1830 | Carlo | Blasis | CODE COMPLET DE LA DANSE Different from Manual de la Danse, social dance emphasis | Paris | |
1830 | Carlo | Blasis | MANUAL COMPLET DE LA DANSE Different from Code de la Danse, theatrical dance emphasis | Paris | |
1830 | Carlo | Blasis | THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
c. | 1830 | T. | Brotherton | » THE RUSSIAN QUADRILLES. The Subjects from Admired Russian Airs, Dedicated to The Duke of Devonshire | London |
1830 | Jean-Henri | Gourdoux-Daux | DIE TANZKUNST ALS BILDUNGSMITTEL DER JUGEND ODER METHODIK | Vienna | |
c. | 1830 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S ROYAL MAZOURKAS (Called Hart's 1st Set of Mazurkas on the internal pages). Steps, figures and music. | London |
1830 | R. | Hill | A GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM, Containing A Selection of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles, Waltzes, Country Dances, and Gallopades | Lincoln, England | |
c. | 1830 | Frederic | Knecht | DIX CONTREDANSES POUR LE PIANO-FORTE with figures | Frankfort |
c. | 1830 | Philippe | Musard | » MUSARD'S 1ST SET OF GALOPPES FAVORITES, Performed at Almack's and the Nobilities Balls. (Paper watermarked 1829) | London |
c. | 1830 | J.S. | Pollock | COMPANION TO LA TERPSICHORE MODERNE | London |
1830 | Ricardo | Porfyrio da Fonseca | » THE FASHIONABLE MADEIRA COTILLIONS | New York | |
1830 | W. | Smyth | A POCKET COMPANION FOR YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN CONTAINING DIRECTIONS For the performance of Quadrilles, Scotch, English, Irish, French, and Spanish Country Dances, Reels, &c. &c. | Edinburgh | |
1831 | Carlo | Blasis | THE CODE OF TERPSICHORE. THE ART OF DANCING, COMPRISING ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE, AND A HISTORY OF ITS RISE AND PROGRESS, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES | London |
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