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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).
1852 | Mr. J. | Seaton | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL AND ETIQUETTE OF DANCING Different from c.1856 Red gilt cover with dancers | Halifax | |
c. | 1852 | Edgar | Webster | » THE TRIPLET, A NEW DANCE COMPRISING THE GALOP. VALSE A DEUX TEMPS, & POLKA. Description, with sheet music. | London |
1852 | Thomas | Wilson | THE ART OF DANCING, Comprising Its Theory and Practice, in Connexion with the Ball Room | London | |
1852 | Eugène | Wœstyn | LE LIVRE DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1853 | Willis P. | Hazard (W.P.H.) | A HAND-BOOK FOR THE BALL-ROOM AND EVENING PARTIES | New York | |
c. | 1853 | Eugène | Laborde | LE COTILLON | Paris |
1853 | Read & Co, publ. | READ'S CHARACTERISTIC NATIONAL DANCES | London | ||
1853 | James | Wiley | » Handwritten description of 4 figures of 'Schottisch Quadrille" | Newark, NJ | |
1853 | Wm. Hall & Sons, publ. | » THE TAMPETE Description, with sheet music. | New York | ||
1854 | D. (David) L. | Carpenter | THE AMATEUR'S PRECEPTOR - DANCING AND ETIQUETTE | Philadelphia | |
1854 | Stephen C. | Foster | THE SOCIAL ORCHESTRA. Dance music, orchestrated for 4 parts, with calls for quadrilles | New York | |
c. | 1854 | Mrs. Nicholas | Henderson | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, Containing Steps and Figures | London |
c. | 1854 | Markowski | » LE TANGO (TANGO AMERICANO), NOUVELLE DANSE DE SALON | Paris | |
1854 | M. | St. Ody | » THE ORIGINAL ZINGARILLA Description, with sheet music. | Buffalo, NY | |
c. | 1854 | A | Teacher of Dancing | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE... DRAWING ROOM ETIQUETTE | Aberdeen |
c. | 1855 | A | Dancing Master | THE ART OF DANCING (cover is GUIDE TO DANCING) Milner & Co., Ltd. | London |
c. | 1855 | H. | Elliot, publ | THE BALL ROOM INSTRUCTOR, AND COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING | London |
1855 | Bernhard | Klemm | KATECHISMUS DER TANZKUNST | Leipzig | |
1855 | Victor | Rozier | LES BALS PUBLICS A PARIS | Paris | |
1855 | H. G. O. | Washburn | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL | Belfast, Maine | |
1855 | Septimus | Winner | » WINNER'S PLAIN COTILLONS. BLACK SWAN SET. Description and sheet music. | Philadelphia | |
1856 | Charles | Durang | THE FASHIONABLE DANCER'S CASKET Bound with Durang's Terpsichore | Philadelphia | |
1856 | Charles | Durang | DURANG'S TERPSICHORE OR BALL-ROOM GUIDE Bound with 1847 The Fashionable Dancer's Casket | Philadelphia | |
1856 | John W. | Moore | THE AMERICAN COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. 5-part orchestrations with calls for quadrilles. | Boston | |
c. | 1856 | J. | Seaton, & Prof. Bland | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL & ETIQUETTE OF DANCING | London |
1852 | Mr. J. | Seaton | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL AND ETIQUETTE OF DANCING Different from c.1856 Red gilt cover with dancers | Halifax | |
c. | 1852 | Edgar | Webster | » THE TRIPLET, A NEW DANCE COMPRISING THE GALOP. VALSE A DEUX TEMPS, & POLKA. Description, with sheet music. | London |
1852 | Thomas | Wilson | THE ART OF DANCING, Comprising Its Theory and Practice, in Connexion with the Ball Room | London | |
1852 | Eugène | Wœstyn | LE LIVRE DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1853 | Willis P. | Hazard (W.P.H.) | A HAND-BOOK FOR THE BALL-ROOM AND EVENING PARTIES | New York | |
c. | 1853 | Eugène | Laborde | LE COTILLON | Paris |
1853 | Read & Co, publ. | READ'S CHARACTERISTIC NATIONAL DANCES | London | ||
1853 | James | Wiley | » Handwritten description of 4 figures of 'Schottisch Quadrille" | Newark, NJ | |
1853 | Wm. Hall & Sons, publ. | » THE TAMPETE Description, with sheet music. | New York | ||
1854 | D. (David) L. | Carpenter | THE AMATEUR'S PRECEPTOR - DANCING AND ETIQUETTE | Philadelphia | |
1854 | Stephen C. | Foster | THE SOCIAL ORCHESTRA. Dance music, orchestrated for 4 parts, with calls for quadrilles | New York | |
c. | 1854 | Mrs. Nicholas | Henderson | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, Containing Steps and Figures | London |
c. | 1854 | Markowski | » LE TANGO (TANGO AMERICANO), NOUVELLE DANSE DE SALON | Paris | |
1854 | M. | St. Ody | » THE ORIGINAL ZINGARILLA Description, with sheet music. | Buffalo, NY | |
c. | 1854 | A | Teacher of Dancing | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE... DRAWING ROOM ETIQUETTE | Aberdeen |
c. | 1855 | A | Dancing Master | THE ART OF DANCING (cover is GUIDE TO DANCING) Milner & Co., Ltd. | London |
c. | 1855 | H. | Elliot, publ | THE BALL ROOM INSTRUCTOR, AND COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING | London |
1855 | Bernhard | Klemm | KATECHISMUS DER TANZKUNST | Leipzig | |
1855 | Victor | Rozier | LES BALS PUBLICS A PARIS | Paris | |
1855 | H. G. O. | Washburn | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL | Belfast, Maine | |
1855 | Septimus | Winner | » WINNER'S PLAIN COTILLONS. BLACK SWAN SET. Description and sheet music. | Philadelphia | |
1856 | Charles | Durang | THE FASHIONABLE DANCER'S CASKET Bound with Durang's Terpsichore | Philadelphia | |
1856 | Charles | Durang | DURANG'S TERPSICHORE OR BALL-ROOM GUIDE Bound with 1847 The Fashionable Dancer's Casket | Philadelphia | |
1856 | John W. | Moore | THE AMERICAN COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. 5-part orchestrations with calls for quadrilles. | Boston | |
c. | 1856 | J. | Seaton, & Prof. Bland | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL & ETIQUETTE OF DANCING | London |
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