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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).
1839 | Brunet | THÉORIE-PRATIQUE DU DANSEUR DE SOCIÉTÉ | Paris | ||
1839 | Horatio | Smith | FESTIVALS, GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS, ANCIENT AND MODERN with 2 chapters on dance | New York | |
1839 | A. | Максин (Maxine) | ИЗУЧЕНИЕ БАЛЬНЫХ ТАНЦЕВ (STUDY OF BALLROOM DANCING) | Moscow | |
c. | 1840 | Mr. | Parker | » ELSSLER QUADRILLES, SETT 1 | New York |
1840 | William | Smith, publ | THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR | London | |
1841 | Chicard et Balochard | PHYSIOLOGIE DES BALS DE PARIS | Paris | ||
1841 | Huestis & Craft, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM INSTRUCTER (sic) | New York | ||
1842 | "Un Vilain Masque" | PSYSIOLOGIE DE L'OPERA, DU CARNAVAL, DU CANCAN ET DE LA CACHUCHA | Paris | ||
c. | 1842 | C.Mitchell, p | A Man of Fashion | A GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM, Being a Complete Compendium of the Etiquette of Dancing, with the Figures of… | London |
1842 | Charles | Jarvis | THE AMATEUR'S MUSICAL LIBRARY Dance music with quadrille description | Philadelphia | |
1842 | Johann Nicolaus | Liller | TANZ-KUNST | Leipzig | |
1842 | A | Professor of Dancing | FIGURES TO THE 18 SETTS OF COTILLONS | Providence, RI | |
1842 | Anon. | Tilt & Bogue, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR | London | |
1843 | An Amateur | REFORM YOUR WALTZING. The True Theory of the Rhenish or Spanish Waltz, and of the German Waltz à Deux Temps | London | ||
c. | 1843 | Chez Aubert | HISTOIRE... DU CANCAN, illus by L. Eustache, bound with Musee Philipon | Paris | |
c. | 1843 | J. | Cronin | THE OLD ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES | London |
1843 | Count Alfred | D'Orsay | ETIQUETTE: OR A GUIDE TO THE USAGES OF SOCIETY with the Rhenish or Spanish Waltz | New York | |
1843 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | SECOND PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION with calls for 36 setts of cotillions | Boston | |
1843 | C. P. | Huestis, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM INSTRUCTER (Dodworth Cotillions added to '41 ed.) | New York | |
1843 | Francis | Lowe | THE SELECT QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR FOR 1843, 5th Edition | London | |
1843 | Franz Anton | Roller | SYSTEMATISCHES LEHRBUCH DER BILDENDEN TANZKUNST | Weimar | |
c. | 1844 | Anon. | THE BALL-ROOM ANNUAL | London | |
1844 | Anon. | POLKAN, SADAN DEN DANSAS I SALONGERNA | Stockholm | ||
c. | 1844 | Anon. | THE FASHIONABLE BALL ROOM POLKA, Elegant & Grotesque, Containing Accurate Instructions How To Dance It. | London | |
1844 | Atwill, publ. | » CORRECT DESCRIPTION OF THE POLKA Description, with sheet music for "The New-York Polkas" | New York |
1839 | Brunet | THÉORIE-PRATIQUE DU DANSEUR DE SOCIÉTÉ | Paris | ||
1839 | Horatio | Smith | FESTIVALS, GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS, ANCIENT AND MODERN with 2 chapters on dance | New York | |
1839 | A. | Максин (Maxine) | ИЗУЧЕНИЕ БАЛЬНЫХ ТАНЦЕВ (STUDY OF BALLROOM DANCING) | Moscow | |
c. | 1840 | Mr. | Parker | » ELSSLER QUADRILLES, SETT 1 | New York |
1840 | William | Smith, publ | THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR | London | |
1841 | Chicard et Balochard | PHYSIOLOGIE DES BALS DE PARIS | Paris | ||
1841 | Huestis & Craft, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM INSTRUCTER (sic) | New York | ||
1842 | "Un Vilain Masque" | PSYSIOLOGIE DE L'OPERA, DU CARNAVAL, DU CANCAN ET DE LA CACHUCHA | Paris | ||
c. | 1842 | C.Mitchell, p | A Man of Fashion | A GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM, Being a Complete Compendium of the Etiquette of Dancing, with the Figures of… | London |
1842 | Charles | Jarvis | THE AMATEUR'S MUSICAL LIBRARY Dance music with quadrille description | Philadelphia | |
1842 | Johann Nicolaus | Liller | TANZ-KUNST | Leipzig | |
1842 | A | Professor of Dancing | FIGURES TO THE 18 SETTS OF COTILLONS | Providence, RI | |
1842 | Anon. | Tilt & Bogue, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR | London | |
1843 | An Amateur | REFORM YOUR WALTZING. The True Theory of the Rhenish or Spanish Waltz, and of the German Waltz à Deux Temps | London | ||
c. | 1843 | Chez Aubert | HISTOIRE... DU CANCAN, illus by L. Eustache, bound with Musee Philipon | Paris | |
c. | 1843 | J. | Cronin | THE OLD ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES | London |
1843 | Count Alfred | D'Orsay | ETIQUETTE: OR A GUIDE TO THE USAGES OF SOCIETY with the Rhenish or Spanish Waltz | New York | |
1843 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | SECOND PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION with calls for 36 setts of cotillions | Boston | |
1843 | C. P. | Huestis, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM INSTRUCTER (Dodworth Cotillions added to '41 ed.) | New York | |
1843 | Francis | Lowe | THE SELECT QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR FOR 1843, 5th Edition | London | |
1843 | Franz Anton | Roller | SYSTEMATISCHES LEHRBUCH DER BILDENDEN TANZKUNST | Weimar | |
c. | 1844 | Anon. | THE BALL-ROOM ANNUAL | London | |
1844 | Anon. | POLKAN, SADAN DEN DANSAS I SALONGERNA | Stockholm | ||
c. | 1844 | Anon. | THE FASHIONABLE BALL ROOM POLKA, Elegant & Grotesque, Containing Accurate Instructions How To Dance It. | London | |
1844 | Atwill, publ. | » CORRECT DESCRIPTION OF THE POLKA Description, with sheet music for "The New-York Polkas" | New York |
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