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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. | 1848 | C. | Sheard, publ. | » INSTRUCTIONS FOR DANCING THE CELLARIUS VALSE Description, with sheet music for the "The Cellarius Waltz" | London |
1849 | Anon. | BALL-KALENDER NACH CELLARIUS." ILLUSTRIRTER KALENDER FÜR 1849 | Leipzig | ||
1849 | D. (David) L. | Carpenter | » THE DEUX TEMPS QUADRILLES, Or, Figures of Crosses Description, with sheet music. | Philadelphia | |
1849 | Henri | Cellarius | LA DANSE DES SALONS In publisher's gilt stamped cloth binding, signed by Cellarius | Paris | |
1849 | Willis P. | Hazard | THE BALL-ROOM COMPANION | Philadelphia | |
1849 | Willis P. | Hazard (W.P.H.) | A HAND-BOOK FOR THE BALL-ROOM AND EVENING PARTIES (brown cover) | New York | |
1850 | Lorenzo | Adano | RACCOLTA DI CONTRADANZE | Torino | |
1850 | John C. | Andrews | SOCIAL CIRCLE OR DRAWING ROOM COMPANION, A SET OF QUADRILLES, POLKA, SPANISH DANCE | New York | |
c. | 1850 | E. | Coulon | » THE FAVORITE MAZURKA QUADRILLES | Philadelphia |
1850 | Allen | Dodworth | » BOLERO, or the Dodworth Schottisch, a New Dance. Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1850 | M. | Frederick | » THE SERIOUS FAMILY POLKA (Quadrille) | Boston | |
1850 | G. | Gerster | DIE TANZKUNST | Speyer | |
c. | 1850 | Frances | Henderson | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, Containing Steps and Figures | London |
1850 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | THIRD PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION With calls for 40 Setts of Cotillions. Same as 1844. | Boston | |
1850 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | SECOND PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION With calls for 36 Setts of Cotillions. Same as 1843. | Boston | |
c. | 1850 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | FIRST PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION with calls for 18 setts of cotillions | Boston |
c. | 1850 | Kent & Co, publ. | THE VICTORIA MINIATURE BALL ROOM GUIDE, bound with The Victoria Miniature Hints on Etiquette and The Language of Flowers | Nottingham, England | |
c. | 1850 | J. | Mitchell | J. MITCHELL'S QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR A second title page had been pasted over the original: THE FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London |
c. | 1850 | Eugene | Voestyn | LE LIVRE DE LA DANSE DES SALONS | Paris |
c. | 1850 | W. Strange, publ. | THE VICTORIA MINIATURE BALL ROOM GUIDE (different title page than Kent & Co. edition) | Nottingham, England | |
1851 | Anon. | THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR AND POLKA GUIDE (Same as 1840 anon. THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR but with polka added.) | London | ||
1851 | R & E. A. | Burnton | » THE ORIGINAL TAMPETE, AS DANCED IN EUROPE Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1851 | Mr. | Whale & Daughter | » LA TEMPÈTE (inside: LA TAMPETE) | New York | |
1852 | Henry | Meyen | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, BEING A COMPENDIUM OF THE THEORY, PRACTICE, AND ETIQUETTE OF DANCING, EMBRACING THE NEWEST QUADRILLES, POLKAS, WALTZES, SCHOTTISCHES, &C., ALSO, THE MEYEN QUADRILLE | New York | |
1852 | Rock & Co., publ. | ROCK'S BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND FASHIONABLE DANCE INSTRUCTOR (cover: Rock's Ball Room Conductor) | London |
c. | 1848 | C. | Sheard, publ. | » INSTRUCTIONS FOR DANCING THE CELLARIUS VALSE Description, with sheet music for the "The Cellarius Waltz" | London |
1849 | Anon. | BALL-KALENDER NACH CELLARIUS." ILLUSTRIRTER KALENDER FÜR 1849 | Leipzig | ||
1849 | D. (David) L. | Carpenter | » THE DEUX TEMPS QUADRILLES, Or, Figures of Crosses Description, with sheet music. | Philadelphia | |
1849 | Henri | Cellarius | LA DANSE DES SALONS In publisher's gilt stamped cloth binding, signed by Cellarius | Paris | |
1849 | Willis P. | Hazard | THE BALL-ROOM COMPANION | Philadelphia | |
1849 | Willis P. | Hazard (W.P.H.) | A HAND-BOOK FOR THE BALL-ROOM AND EVENING PARTIES (brown cover) | New York | |
1850 | Lorenzo | Adano | RACCOLTA DI CONTRADANZE | Torino | |
1850 | John C. | Andrews | SOCIAL CIRCLE OR DRAWING ROOM COMPANION, A SET OF QUADRILLES, POLKA, SPANISH DANCE | New York | |
c. | 1850 | E. | Coulon | » THE FAVORITE MAZURKA QUADRILLES | Philadelphia |
1850 | Allen | Dodworth | » BOLERO, or the Dodworth Schottisch, a New Dance. Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1850 | M. | Frederick | » THE SERIOUS FAMILY POLKA (Quadrille) | Boston | |
1850 | G. | Gerster | DIE TANZKUNST | Speyer | |
c. | 1850 | Frances | Henderson | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, Containing Steps and Figures | London |
1850 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | THIRD PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION With calls for 40 Setts of Cotillions. Same as 1844. | Boston | |
1850 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | SECOND PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION With calls for 36 Setts of Cotillions. Same as 1843. | Boston | |
c. | 1850 | Elias | Howe, Jr. | FIRST PART OF THE MUSICIAN'S COMPANION with calls for 18 setts of cotillions | Boston |
c. | 1850 | Kent & Co, publ. | THE VICTORIA MINIATURE BALL ROOM GUIDE, bound with The Victoria Miniature Hints on Etiquette and The Language of Flowers | Nottingham, England | |
c. | 1850 | J. | Mitchell | J. MITCHELL'S QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR A second title page had been pasted over the original: THE FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London |
c. | 1850 | Eugene | Voestyn | LE LIVRE DE LA DANSE DES SALONS | Paris |
c. | 1850 | W. Strange, publ. | THE VICTORIA MINIATURE BALL ROOM GUIDE (different title page than Kent & Co. edition) | Nottingham, England | |
1851 | Anon. | THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR AND POLKA GUIDE (Same as 1840 anon. THE BALL-ROOM PRECEPTOR but with polka added.) | London | ||
1851 | R & E. A. | Burnton | » THE ORIGINAL TAMPETE, AS DANCED IN EUROPE Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1851 | Mr. | Whale & Daughter | » LA TEMPÈTE (inside: LA TAMPETE) | New York | |
1852 | Henry | Meyen | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, BEING A COMPENDIUM OF THE THEORY, PRACTICE, AND ETIQUETTE OF DANCING, EMBRACING THE NEWEST QUADRILLES, POLKAS, WALTZES, SCHOTTISCHES, &C., ALSO, THE MEYEN QUADRILLE | New York | |
1852 | Rock & Co., publ. | ROCK'S BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND FASHIONABLE DANCE INSTRUCTOR (cover: Rock's Ball Room Conductor) | London |
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