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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).
1856 | Hans | Wachenhusen | CANCAN. PARISER AQUARELLEN. | Berlin | |
1856 | H. G. O. | Washburn | THE BALL ROOM MANUAL (Revised Edition) | Belfast, Maine | |
1857 | J. R. | Codet | » NEW PERSIAN DANCE, LA VESTA | Baltimore | |
1857 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | MAZURKA, THÉORIE DES FIGURES ET DES PAS | Paris | |
1857 | Thomas | Hillgrove | THE SCHOLAR'S COMPANION & BALL-ROOM VADE-MECUM | New York | |
1857 | J. Albert | Jarvis | DIPROSE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE | London | |
c. | 1857 | Knight and Son, publ | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, bound with Etiquette for Gentlemen | London | |
c. | 1857 | Milner and Sowerby, publ | ETIQUETTE FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ... TO WHICH IS ADDED THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL (taken from 1852 Seaton) | London | |
1857 | H. G. O. | Washburn | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL Copyright 1856 | Belfast, Maine | |
1858 | Anon. | THE BALL ROOM GUIDE... CONTRA DANCES OF THE DAY | Laconia, N.H. | ||
1858 | Henri | Boizot | » LA POLKINADE, NOUVELLE DANSE ORIGINALE DE SALON | Paris | |
1858 | Laurence DeGarmo | Brookes | » LES CALEDONIANS QUADRILLES. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1858 | Henri | Cellarius | DRAWING ROOM DANCES | New York | |
1858 | Dick & Fitzgerald, publ. | INQUIRE WITHIN FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW | New York | ||
1858 | Allen | Dodworth | » DODWORTH'S LANCERS. EXPLICATION DES FIGURES PAR CELLARIUS Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1858 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
c. | 1858 | Mrs. Nicholas | Henderson | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, 7th edition | London |
1858 | Thomas | Hillgrove | HILLGROVE'S SCHOLARS' COMPANION AND BALL-ROOM GUIDE | New York | |
1858 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S COMPLETE BALL-ROOM HAND-BOOK A. Williams publ. | Boston | |
1858 | Elias | Howe | THE POCKET BALL-ROOM PROMPTER Oliver Ditson & Co. publ. Larger size than the 1859-60 edition | Boston | |
1858 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S COMPLETE BALL-ROOM HAND-BOOK Hardback cover, by Oliver Ditson publ | Boston | |
1858 | Elias | Howe, Russell and Tolman, publ. | HOWE'S NEW AMERICAN FLUTE SCHOOL. Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1858 | Domingo | Ibarra | COLECCION DE BAILES DE SALA | Mexico | |
c. | 1858 | Martinet, publ. | BALS DE PARIS (12 color lithos of bals publics) | Paris | |
1858 | Oliver Ditson, publ | » L'ANDALOUSIE, NOUVELLE VARSOVIENNE | Boston |
1856 | Hans | Wachenhusen | CANCAN. PARISER AQUARELLEN. | Berlin | |
1856 | H. G. O. | Washburn | THE BALL ROOM MANUAL (Revised Edition) | Belfast, Maine | |
1857 | J. R. | Codet | » NEW PERSIAN DANCE, LA VESTA | Baltimore | |
1857 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | MAZURKA, THÉORIE DES FIGURES ET DES PAS | Paris | |
1857 | Thomas | Hillgrove | THE SCHOLAR'S COMPANION & BALL-ROOM VADE-MECUM | New York | |
1857 | J. Albert | Jarvis | DIPROSE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE | London | |
c. | 1857 | Knight and Son, publ | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, bound with Etiquette for Gentlemen | London | |
c. | 1857 | Milner and Sowerby, publ | ETIQUETTE FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ... TO WHICH IS ADDED THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL (taken from 1852 Seaton) | London | |
1857 | H. G. O. | Washburn | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL Copyright 1856 | Belfast, Maine | |
1858 | Anon. | THE BALL ROOM GUIDE... CONTRA DANCES OF THE DAY | Laconia, N.H. | ||
1858 | Henri | Boizot | » LA POLKINADE, NOUVELLE DANSE ORIGINALE DE SALON | Paris | |
1858 | Laurence DeGarmo | Brookes | » LES CALEDONIANS QUADRILLES. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1858 | Henri | Cellarius | DRAWING ROOM DANCES | New York | |
1858 | Dick & Fitzgerald, publ. | INQUIRE WITHIN FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW | New York | ||
1858 | Allen | Dodworth | » DODWORTH'S LANCERS. EXPLICATION DES FIGURES PAR CELLARIUS Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1858 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
c. | 1858 | Mrs. Nicholas | Henderson | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, 7th edition | London |
1858 | Thomas | Hillgrove | HILLGROVE'S SCHOLARS' COMPANION AND BALL-ROOM GUIDE | New York | |
1858 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S COMPLETE BALL-ROOM HAND-BOOK A. Williams publ. | Boston | |
1858 | Elias | Howe | THE POCKET BALL-ROOM PROMPTER Oliver Ditson & Co. publ. Larger size than the 1859-60 edition | Boston | |
1858 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S COMPLETE BALL-ROOM HAND-BOOK Hardback cover, by Oliver Ditson publ | Boston | |
1858 | Elias | Howe, Russell and Tolman, publ. | HOWE'S NEW AMERICAN FLUTE SCHOOL. Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1858 | Domingo | Ibarra | COLECCION DE BAILES DE SALA | Mexico | |
c. | 1858 | Martinet, publ. | BALS DE PARIS (12 color lithos of bals publics) | Paris | |
1858 | Oliver Ditson, publ | » L'ANDALOUSIE, NOUVELLE VARSOVIENNE | Boston |
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