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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).
c. | 1831 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S CELEBRATED GRENADIER QUADRILLES, ARRANGED AS DUETS. Description and sheet music. | London |
1832 | Antonio | Biosca | ARTE DE DANZAR Ó REGLAS É INTRUCCIONES PARA LOS AFICIONADOS A BAILAR LAS CONTRADANZAS FRANCESAS Ó RIGODONES | Barcelona | |
c. | 1832 | Bourne | BOURNE'S BOUQUET OF WALTZES & DANCES OF VARIOUS NATIONS, To which are annexed a descriptive account of their Style & Origin | New York | |
c. | 1832 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S HUNTER OF TYROL OR ALPINE QUADRILLES | London |
1832 | Eduard F. D. | Helmke | ALMANACH DER NEUESTEN MODETÄNZE FUR DAS JAHR 1832 | Merseburg | |
1832 | E. A. | Theleur | LETTERS ON DANCING, REDUCING THIS ELEGANT AND HEALTHFUL EXERCISE TO EASY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES | London | |
1833 | C. | Honoré | DE L'ART DE LA DANSE | Geneva | |
1833 | Knowlton & Rice, publ. | THE LETTER WRITER...Being a Choice Collection of CONTRA DANCES and COTILLIONS | Watertown, NY | ||
1833 | Jorgen Gad | Lund | TERPSICHORE, ELLER EN VEILEDNING FOR MINE DANDSE-ELEVER | Aarhus, Denmark | |
1834 | Albert (Decombe) | L'ART DE DANSER À LA VILLE ET À LA COUR | Paris | ||
c. | 1834 | Joseph | Hart | HART'S FIRST SET OF WAVERLEY QUADRILLES | London |
c. | 1834 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S FATHERLAND OR MOUNTAINEER QUADRILLES, ARRANGED AS DUETS. Description and sheet music. | London |
1834 | Longman, Rees, Orme | HINTS ON ETIQUETTE AND THE USAGES OF SOCIETY WITH A GLANCE AT BAD HABITS | London | ||
1834 | Franz Xaver | Nadler | KALLISCHEMATIK, ODER ANLEITUNG ZU EINEM EDLEN ANSTANDE UND ZUR SCHÖNEN | Munich | |
1834 | Thomas Birch, publ. | » THE QUADRILLE ALLEMANDE, a Much Admired New Style of Dancing With its Proper Figures | New York | ||
c. | 1835 | J. | Bertram | » THE FIVE SISTERS, A Favorite Quadrille | London |
1835 | J. G. | Häcker | DER SELBSTLEHRENDE TANZMEISTER... | Grimma | |
1835 | Saint-Jacome, dit Templeux | SOUVENIR DES FIGURES FRANÇAISES LES PLUS USITÉES | Paris | ||
1836 | Th. | Hentschke | ALLGEMEINE TANZKUNST | Stralsund | |
1836 | Henry | Whale | HOMMAGE A TAGLIONI, A FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR AND BALL ROOM COMPANION | Philadelphia | |
c. | 1837 | Z. T. | Purday | THE ROYAL QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London |
1838 | Paul Bruno | Bartholoman | DIE TANZKUNST | Gieffen | |
1838 | John H. | Hewitt | » THE NEW BRIGHTON QUADRILLES | Philadelphia | |
1838 | Francis | Lowe | THE SELECT QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR FOR 1838 | London | |
1838 | Christian | Länger | TERPSICHORE, EIN TASCHENBUCH DER NEUESTEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN TÄNZE | Würzburg |
c. | 1831 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S CELEBRATED GRENADIER QUADRILLES, ARRANGED AS DUETS. Description and sheet music. | London |
1832 | Antonio | Biosca | ARTE DE DANZAR Ó REGLAS É INTRUCCIONES PARA LOS AFICIONADOS A BAILAR LAS CONTRADANZAS FRANCESAS Ó RIGODONES | Barcelona | |
c. | 1832 | Bourne | BOURNE'S BOUQUET OF WALTZES & DANCES OF VARIOUS NATIONS, To which are annexed a descriptive account of their Style & Origin | New York | |
c. | 1832 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S HUNTER OF TYROL OR ALPINE QUADRILLES | London |
1832 | Eduard F. D. | Helmke | ALMANACH DER NEUESTEN MODETÄNZE FUR DAS JAHR 1832 | Merseburg | |
1832 | E. A. | Theleur | LETTERS ON DANCING, REDUCING THIS ELEGANT AND HEALTHFUL EXERCISE TO EASY SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES | London | |
1833 | C. | Honoré | DE L'ART DE LA DANSE | Geneva | |
1833 | Knowlton & Rice, publ. | THE LETTER WRITER...Being a Choice Collection of CONTRA DANCES and COTILLIONS | Watertown, NY | ||
1833 | Jorgen Gad | Lund | TERPSICHORE, ELLER EN VEILEDNING FOR MINE DANDSE-ELEVER | Aarhus, Denmark | |
1834 | Albert (Decombe) | L'ART DE DANSER À LA VILLE ET À LA COUR | Paris | ||
c. | 1834 | Joseph | Hart | HART'S FIRST SET OF WAVERLEY QUADRILLES | London |
c. | 1834 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S FATHERLAND OR MOUNTAINEER QUADRILLES, ARRANGED AS DUETS. Description and sheet music. | London |
1834 | Longman, Rees, Orme | HINTS ON ETIQUETTE AND THE USAGES OF SOCIETY WITH A GLANCE AT BAD HABITS | London | ||
1834 | Franz Xaver | Nadler | KALLISCHEMATIK, ODER ANLEITUNG ZU EINEM EDLEN ANSTANDE UND ZUR SCHÖNEN | Munich | |
1834 | Thomas Birch, publ. | » THE QUADRILLE ALLEMANDE, a Much Admired New Style of Dancing With its Proper Figures | New York | ||
c. | 1835 | J. | Bertram | » THE FIVE SISTERS, A Favorite Quadrille | London |
1835 | J. G. | Häcker | DER SELBSTLEHRENDE TANZMEISTER... | Grimma | |
1835 | Saint-Jacome, dit Templeux | SOUVENIR DES FIGURES FRANÇAISES LES PLUS USITÉES | Paris | ||
1836 | Th. | Hentschke | ALLGEMEINE TANZKUNST | Stralsund | |
1836 | Henry | Whale | HOMMAGE A TAGLIONI, A FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR AND BALL ROOM COMPANION | Philadelphia | |
c. | 1837 | Z. T. | Purday | THE ROYAL QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London |
1838 | Paul Bruno | Bartholoman | DIE TANZKUNST | Gieffen | |
1838 | John H. | Hewitt | » THE NEW BRIGHTON QUADRILLES | Philadelphia | |
1838 | Francis | Lowe | THE SELECT QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR FOR 1838 | London | |
1838 | Christian | Länger | TERPSICHORE, EIN TASCHENBUCH DER NEUESTEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN TÄNZE | Würzburg |
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