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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).
1845 | P. | Martinon, ed. | ALMANACH DE LA POLKA | Paris | |
1845 | George Lemore | Saunders | ROCK'S BALL-ROOM HAND BOOK, QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR, CELLARIUS INSTRUCTOR, MAZURKA AND POLKA COMPANION, and VALSES A DEUX TEMS DANSEUR | London | |
1845 | Theodore | Staines | LES OISEAUX DE NUIT, ET LES POLKEUSES DES SCENES PUBLIQUES | Paris | |
1846 | Stephen | Glover | » THE LONDON POLKA QUADRILLES, WITH PROPER FIGURES Description, with sheet music. | Philadelphia | |
1846 | William | Whale and Daughter | » LA REDOWA, VALSE BOHEMENNE, WITH FIGURES BY CELLARIUS Description, with sheet music | New York | |
1847 | Carlo | Blasis | NOTES UPON DANCING, HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL | London | |
c. | 1847 | F. | Burgmuller | » LA REDOWA Description, with sheet music | |
c. | 1847 | Henri | Cellarius | FASHIONABLE DANCING | London |
1847 | Henri | Cellarius | THE DRAWING ROOM DANCES With "Appendix by the English Editor" of 3 quadrilles | London | |
1847 | Henri | Cellarius | LA DANSE DES SALONS 1st ed. | Paris | |
1847 | Karola | Czerniawskiego | CHARAKTERYSTYKA TAŃCÓW | Warsaw | |
1847 | Charles | Durang | LEAFLETS OF THE BALL ROOM | Philadelphia | |
1847 | Charles | Durang | DURANG'S TERPSICHORE OR BALL-ROOM GUIDE (original blue publisher's leather binding) | Philadelphia | |
1847 | (Charles Durang) | Turner & Fisher,publ. | LEAFLETS OF THE BALL ROOM | Philadelphia | |
1847 | Gaudenzio dell'Omo | d'Arme | ISTRUZIONI COMPLETE INTORNO AL BALLO DI CONVERSAZIONE, 2nd Ed. | Pisa | |
c. | 1848 | C.Mitchell, pub | A Man of Fashion | A GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM, AND ILLUSTRATED POLKA LESSON BOOK | London |
c. | 1848 | Anon. | LA MAZURKA (illustrated, with music) | Paris | |
1848 | Charles | Durang | DURANG'S TERPSICHORE OR BALL-ROOM GUIDE (red hardback leather binding) | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Charles | Durang | THE DANCER'S OWN BOOK & BALL-ROOM COMPANION (paper wrap, mint condition) ©1847 | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Charles | Durang | THE BALL-ROOM BIJOU AND ART OF DANCING ©1847 (leather boards) | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S LONDON LANCER QUADRILLES, First introduced to the ball rooms of this city by Mr. Durang & Daughter. | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Willis P. | Hazard (W.P.H.) | A HAND-BOOK FOR THE BALL-ROOM AND EVENING PARTIES | New York | |
c. | 1848 | Louis | Huart | PARIS AU BAL | Paris |
1848 | Jules M. | Martin | » NEW POLKA QUADRILLE Description, with sheet music for the "Cellarius Polka Quadrilles" | Philadelphia | |
1848 | R. | Powell | POWELL'S ART OF DANCING; OR DANCING MADE EASY | Louisville, KY |
1845 | P. | Martinon, ed. | ALMANACH DE LA POLKA | Paris | |
1845 | George Lemore | Saunders | ROCK'S BALL-ROOM HAND BOOK, QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR, CELLARIUS INSTRUCTOR, MAZURKA AND POLKA COMPANION, and VALSES A DEUX TEMS DANSEUR | London | |
1845 | Theodore | Staines | LES OISEAUX DE NUIT, ET LES POLKEUSES DES SCENES PUBLIQUES | Paris | |
1846 | Stephen | Glover | » THE LONDON POLKA QUADRILLES, WITH PROPER FIGURES Description, with sheet music. | Philadelphia | |
1846 | William | Whale and Daughter | » LA REDOWA, VALSE BOHEMENNE, WITH FIGURES BY CELLARIUS Description, with sheet music | New York | |
1847 | Carlo | Blasis | NOTES UPON DANCING, HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL | London | |
c. | 1847 | F. | Burgmuller | » LA REDOWA Description, with sheet music | |
c. | 1847 | Henri | Cellarius | FASHIONABLE DANCING | London |
1847 | Henri | Cellarius | THE DRAWING ROOM DANCES With "Appendix by the English Editor" of 3 quadrilles | London | |
1847 | Henri | Cellarius | LA DANSE DES SALONS 1st ed. | Paris | |
1847 | Karola | Czerniawskiego | CHARAKTERYSTYKA TAŃCÓW | Warsaw | |
1847 | Charles | Durang | LEAFLETS OF THE BALL ROOM | Philadelphia | |
1847 | Charles | Durang | DURANG'S TERPSICHORE OR BALL-ROOM GUIDE (original blue publisher's leather binding) | Philadelphia | |
1847 | (Charles Durang) | Turner & Fisher,publ. | LEAFLETS OF THE BALL ROOM | Philadelphia | |
1847 | Gaudenzio dell'Omo | d'Arme | ISTRUZIONI COMPLETE INTORNO AL BALLO DI CONVERSAZIONE, 2nd Ed. | Pisa | |
c. | 1848 | C.Mitchell, pub | A Man of Fashion | A GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM, AND ILLUSTRATED POLKA LESSON BOOK | London |
c. | 1848 | Anon. | LA MAZURKA (illustrated, with music) | Paris | |
1848 | Charles | Durang | DURANG'S TERPSICHORE OR BALL-ROOM GUIDE (red hardback leather binding) | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Charles | Durang | THE DANCER'S OWN BOOK & BALL-ROOM COMPANION (paper wrap, mint condition) ©1847 | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Charles | Durang | THE BALL-ROOM BIJOU AND ART OF DANCING ©1847 (leather boards) | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S LONDON LANCER QUADRILLES, First introduced to the ball rooms of this city by Mr. Durang & Daughter. | Philadelphia | |
1848 | Willis P. | Hazard (W.P.H.) | A HAND-BOOK FOR THE BALL-ROOM AND EVENING PARTIES | New York | |
c. | 1848 | Louis | Huart | PARIS AU BAL | Paris |
1848 | Jules M. | Martin | » NEW POLKA QUADRILLE Description, with sheet music for the "Cellarius Polka Quadrilles" | Philadelphia | |
1848 | R. | Powell | POWELL'S ART OF DANCING; OR DANCING MADE EASY | Louisville, KY |
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