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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).
1858 | Felix | Pepe | RECUEIL DE CONTRE-DANSES FRANÇAISES | Naples | |
1858 | P. T. | Wallenhouer | » LANCERS QUADRILLE | St. Louis | |
1858 | Albert | de Lasalle | » LE QUADRILLE DU PRINCE IMPÉRIAL, in Le Monde Illustré, p. 394 | Boston | |
1859 | Oliver | Ditson & Co., publ. | THE HOME CIRCLE, A COLLECTION OF PIANO FORTE MUSIC. With calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1859 | Edward | Ferrero | THE ART OF DANCING Published by Dick & Fitzgerald, 1st ed. | New York | |
1859 | Edward | Ferrero | THE ART OF DANCING "Published by the author" stamped cloth binding | New York | |
1859 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE, Bibliothéque des Salons edition | Paris | |
1859 | Henry G. Bohn, publ | THE YOUNG LADY'S BOOK | London | ||
1859 | Hlasko | » ROYAL HORSE GUARDS QUADRILLE. Description and sheet music. | Philadelphia | ||
1859 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S COMPLETE BALL-ROOM HAND-BOOK | Boston | |
1859 | Elias | Howe, Ditson & Co., publ. | HOWE'S DRAWING ROOM DANCES Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1859 | Elias | Howe, Russell and Tolman, publ. | YOUNG AMERICA'S INSTRUCTOR FOR THE VIOLIN. © 1857 Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1859 | Alfred | Waldau | BÖHMISCHE NATIONALTÄNZE | Prague | |
c. | 1860 | Cellarius | 100 NEUE COTILLON-TOUREN | Erfurt, Germany | |
1860 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; CONTAINING ALL THE LAST NEW AND FASHIONABLE DANCES | London | |
1860 | Elias | Howe | THE POCKET BALL-ROOM PROMPTER Dated 1860 on green cover, dated 1859 on title page, ©1858 | Boston | |
c. | 1860 | Mr. | Layland | THE VICTORIA DANSE DU MONDE AND QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London |
c. | 1860 | T. | Lewis | THE FIGURES TO THE FIRST SET OF QUADRILLES | Newport |
c. | 1860 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE | London |
c. | 1861 | W. H. | Basley | THE DANCER'S ASSISTANT | London |
c. | 1861 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | METHODE DE DANSE DE SALON, AVEC MUSIQUE | Paris |
1861 | Elias | Howe | MUSICIAN'S OMNIBUS Music will calls for quadrilles and contra dances. | Boston | |
1861 | [Jacques] | Renausy | MÉTHODE DE DANSE | Paris | |
1861 | Septimus | Winner, publ. | WINNER'S PERFECT GUIDE FOR THE FLUTE Music will calls for quadrilles | Boston | |
1862 | Albert | Czerwinski | GESCHICHTE DER TANZKUNST BEI DEN CULTIVIRTEN VÖLKERN VON DEN ERSTEN ANFÄNGEN BIS AUF DIE GEGENWÄRTIGE ZEIT | Leipzig |
1858 | Felix | Pepe | RECUEIL DE CONTRE-DANSES FRANÇAISES | Naples | |
1858 | P. T. | Wallenhouer | » LANCERS QUADRILLE | St. Louis | |
1858 | Albert | de Lasalle | » LE QUADRILLE DU PRINCE IMPÉRIAL, in Le Monde Illustré, p. 394 | Boston | |
1859 | Oliver | Ditson & Co., publ. | THE HOME CIRCLE, A COLLECTION OF PIANO FORTE MUSIC. With calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1859 | Edward | Ferrero | THE ART OF DANCING Published by Dick & Fitzgerald, 1st ed. | New York | |
1859 | Edward | Ferrero | THE ART OF DANCING "Published by the author" stamped cloth binding | New York | |
1859 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE, Bibliothéque des Salons edition | Paris | |
1859 | Henry G. Bohn, publ | THE YOUNG LADY'S BOOK | London | ||
1859 | Hlasko | » ROYAL HORSE GUARDS QUADRILLE. Description and sheet music. | Philadelphia | ||
1859 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S COMPLETE BALL-ROOM HAND-BOOK | Boston | |
1859 | Elias | Howe, Ditson & Co., publ. | HOWE'S DRAWING ROOM DANCES Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1859 | Elias | Howe, Russell and Tolman, publ. | YOUNG AMERICA'S INSTRUCTOR FOR THE VIOLIN. © 1857 Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1859 | Alfred | Waldau | BÖHMISCHE NATIONALTÄNZE | Prague | |
c. | 1860 | Cellarius | 100 NEUE COTILLON-TOUREN | Erfurt, Germany | |
1860 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; CONTAINING ALL THE LAST NEW AND FASHIONABLE DANCES | London | |
1860 | Elias | Howe | THE POCKET BALL-ROOM PROMPTER Dated 1860 on green cover, dated 1859 on title page, ©1858 | Boston | |
c. | 1860 | Mr. | Layland | THE VICTORIA DANSE DU MONDE AND QUADRILLE PRECEPTOR | London |
c. | 1860 | T. | Lewis | THE FIGURES TO THE FIRST SET OF QUADRILLES | Newport |
c. | 1860 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE | London |
c. | 1861 | W. H. | Basley | THE DANCER'S ASSISTANT | London |
c. | 1861 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | METHODE DE DANSE DE SALON, AVEC MUSIQUE | Paris |
1861 | Elias | Howe | MUSICIAN'S OMNIBUS Music will calls for quadrilles and contra dances. | Boston | |
1861 | [Jacques] | Renausy | MÉTHODE DE DANSE | Paris | |
1861 | Septimus | Winner, publ. | WINNER'S PERFECT GUIDE FOR THE FLUTE Music will calls for quadrilles | Boston | |
1862 | Albert | Czerwinski | GESCHICHTE DER TANZKUNST BEI DEN CULTIVIRTEN VÖLKERN VON DEN ERSTEN ANFÄNGEN BIS AUF DIE GEGENWÄRTIGE ZEIT | Leipzig |
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