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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).
1866 | Charles | Brooks | THE BALL-ROOM MONITOR; OR GUIDE TO THE LEARNER | Philadelphia | |
1866 | William B. | De Garmo | THE PROMPTER Third Edition, Revised and Corrected (Different from 1865) | New York | |
1866 | Herman | Strassburg | MANUAL FOR PUPILS IN DANCING | Detroit, MI | |
c. | 1866 | The Young Ladies' Journal | THE YOUNG LADIES' JOURNAL COMPLETE BALL-ROOM GUIDE FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN | London | |
1866 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL ROOM COMPANION / THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, Warne's Bijou Books (dark red cover) | London | |
1866 | Septimus | Winner, publ. | WINNER'S DANCE MUSIC with couple dance set descriptions, mazourka quadrilles, etc. | Philadelphia | |
1866 | Culiziari | Zughi | NUOVO MANUALETTO PRATICO DEI BALLI DI SOCIETA | Napoli | |
1867 | Laurence DeGarmo | Brookes | BROOKES ON MODERN DANCING (signed copy, "With the respects of Author") ©1866 | New York | |
c. | 1867 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; CONTAINING ALL THE LAST NEW AND FASHIONABLE DANCES, AND ALSO SOME IMPORTANT REMARKS ON DANCING & DEPORTMENT | London |
1867 | Oliver | Ditson & Co., publ. | THE PIANIST'S ALBUM, OR HOME CIRCLE Vol.III. With calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1867 | Kate | Hughes | DANCING BOOK [a.k.a. Dundalk Manuscript] | ||
1867 | Joseph E. | Lowe | LOWE'S ASSEMBLY GUIDE | Melbourne | |
1867 | Prof. F. X. C. | Nott | QUADRILLES, &c, &c. | Paris, Kentucky | |
1867 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL ROOM COMPANION / THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, Warne's Bijou Books | London | |
1868 | Anon. | BEADLE'S DIME BALL-ROOM COMPANION & GUIDE TO DANCING | NY | ||
c. | 1868 | Prof. | Bland | THE BALL ROOM COMPANION | London |
c. | 1868 | Robert | Coote | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER | London |
1868 | Thomas | Hillgrove | A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF DANCING | New York | |
1868 | Elias | Howe | THE PIANIST'S MATINEE | Boston | |
1868 | J. S. | Knight | » LA GRAND DUCHESSE LANCERS QUADRILLE (interesting 5th figure details) | Boston | |
c. | 1868 | Martinet, publ. | LES BALS DE PARIS | Paris | |
1868 | Giovanni | Poletti | IL DILETTANTE DI QUADRIGLIE, Contenente le Instruzioni per Ben Comandare e Dirigere le Medesime | Milan | |
1868 | Gio Battista | Rossi, ed. | MANUALETTO DEI BALLI DI SOCIETÀ | Napoli, Genova | |
1868 | Albert | de Lasalle | DICTIONNAIRE DE LA MUSIQUE (with dances) | Paris | |
1869 | Alexandre | MANUEL DES DANSES DE SOCIÉTÉ | Lyon |
1866 | Charles | Brooks | THE BALL-ROOM MONITOR; OR GUIDE TO THE LEARNER | Philadelphia | |
1866 | William B. | De Garmo | THE PROMPTER Third Edition, Revised and Corrected (Different from 1865) | New York | |
1866 | Herman | Strassburg | MANUAL FOR PUPILS IN DANCING | Detroit, MI | |
c. | 1866 | The Young Ladies' Journal | THE YOUNG LADIES' JOURNAL COMPLETE BALL-ROOM GUIDE FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN | London | |
1866 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL ROOM COMPANION / THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, Warne's Bijou Books (dark red cover) | London | |
1866 | Septimus | Winner, publ. | WINNER'S DANCE MUSIC with couple dance set descriptions, mazourka quadrilles, etc. | Philadelphia | |
1866 | Culiziari | Zughi | NUOVO MANUALETTO PRATICO DEI BALLI DI SOCIETA | Napoli | |
1867 | Laurence DeGarmo | Brookes | BROOKES ON MODERN DANCING (signed copy, "With the respects of Author") ©1866 | New York | |
c. | 1867 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; CONTAINING ALL THE LAST NEW AND FASHIONABLE DANCES, AND ALSO SOME IMPORTANT REMARKS ON DANCING & DEPORTMENT | London |
1867 | Oliver | Ditson & Co., publ. | THE PIANIST'S ALBUM, OR HOME CIRCLE Vol.III. With calls for quadrilles and set dances. | Boston | |
1867 | Kate | Hughes | DANCING BOOK [a.k.a. Dundalk Manuscript] | ||
1867 | Joseph E. | Lowe | LOWE'S ASSEMBLY GUIDE | Melbourne | |
1867 | Prof. F. X. C. | Nott | QUADRILLES, &c, &c. | Paris, Kentucky | |
1867 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL ROOM COMPANION / THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, Warne's Bijou Books | London | |
1868 | Anon. | BEADLE'S DIME BALL-ROOM COMPANION & GUIDE TO DANCING | NY | ||
c. | 1868 | Prof. | Bland | THE BALL ROOM COMPANION | London |
c. | 1868 | Robert | Coote | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER | London |
1868 | Thomas | Hillgrove | A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF DANCING | New York | |
1868 | Elias | Howe | THE PIANIST'S MATINEE | Boston | |
1868 | J. S. | Knight | » LA GRAND DUCHESSE LANCERS QUADRILLE (interesting 5th figure details) | Boston | |
c. | 1868 | Martinet, publ. | LES BALS DE PARIS | Paris | |
1868 | Giovanni | Poletti | IL DILETTANTE DI QUADRIGLIE, Contenente le Instruzioni per Ben Comandare e Dirigere le Medesime | Milan | |
1868 | Gio Battista | Rossi, ed. | MANUALETTO DEI BALLI DI SOCIETÀ | Napoli, Genova | |
1868 | Albert | de Lasalle | DICTIONNAIRE DE LA MUSIQUE (with dances) | Paris | |
1869 | Alexandre | MANUEL DES DANSES DE SOCIÉTÉ | Lyon |
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