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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).
1869 | C. | B. | CONTREDANSES FRANÇAISES colle Aggiunte de Balli de Societa in Contradanza, Walzer e Galoppo | Naples | |
1869 | Jean | Jacques | DER MÂITRE DE PLAISIR BEIM TANZE | Hamburg | |
1869 | D. | Spencer | SPENCER'S TERPSICHOREAN MONITOR | Peoria, IL | |
1869 | Rodolph | Vok | DER TANZ... MIT EINEM LEXIKON DER TANZE | Berlin | |
c. | 1870 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; Containing All The Last New And Fashionable Dances, Third Edition | London |
c. | 1870 | Emile | DeWalden | DEWALDEN'S BALL-ROOM COMPANION (pirated from Cellarius) | New York |
c. | 1870 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S PARLOR DANCES (music with dance descriptions) | Boston |
1870 | E. B. | Reilley | THE AMATEUR'S VADEMECUM. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE ART OF DANCING | Philadelphia | |
c. | 1870 | Anon, Geo. | Routledge, publ. | ROUTLEDGE'S BALL ROOM COMPANION | London |
1870 | Septimus | Winner | PARTY DANCES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO 3-part music with calls for quadrilles, incl. Mazourka & Schottische Q. Can Can music. | Boston | |
c. | 1870 | Mr. W. G. | Youens | YOUENS'S DANCE ALBUM & BALL-ROOM GUIDE | London |
1871 | Prof. | Maas | THE NILSSON DANCE AND BALL-ROOM GUIDE | New York | |
1871 | Wm. | Warwick, pub. | CANADIAN TEN CENT BALL-ROOM COMPANION AND GUIDE TO DANCING | Toronto | |
1872 | Hurst & Co, publ | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER AND COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ETIQUETTE, TOILETTE, DRESS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BALL-ROOM | New York | ||
1872 | Jean | Jacques | DER TANZMEISTER IN DER WESTENTASCHE Cover: Der Maitre de plaisire beim Tanze | Hamburg | |
1872 | Caroline L. | Smith | THE AMERICAN HOME BOOK OF IN-DOOR GAMES, AMUSEMENTS, AND OCCUPATIONS | Boston | |
c. | 1872 | J. F. | Wallace | THE EXCELSIOR MANUAL OF DANCING, Being a Guide to the Ball Room | Glasgow |
c. | 1872 | Septimus | Winner | WINNER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR THE FLUTE Includes Hoosier Set Polka Quadrilles | Cleveland |
1873 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; Containing All The Last New And Fashionable Dances not Third Edition | London | |
1873 | Allen | Dodworth | ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS | New York | |
1873 | Septimus | Winner | WINNER'S BAND OF FOUR Arranged for violin/flute, cornet/clarinet, 2nd violin and 'cello | Boston | |
c. | 1873 | E. J. | Wivell | THE BALL-ROOM COMPANION AND PUPIL'S SELF-HELP | Adelaide, Australia |
1874 | J. J. | Bordalo | MANUAL DE DANÇA | Lisbon | |
c. | 1874 | Robert | Coote | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER, FOR HOME PRACTICE / HOW TO DANCE, R. COOTES BALL-ROOM GUIDE, Howard & Co. | London |
1874 | Frank | Reed, publ. | THE DANCER'S GUIDE AND BALL-ROOM COMPANION | New York |
1869 | C. | B. | CONTREDANSES FRANÇAISES colle Aggiunte de Balli de Societa in Contradanza, Walzer e Galoppo | Naples | |
1869 | Jean | Jacques | DER MÂITRE DE PLAISIR BEIM TANZE | Hamburg | |
1869 | D. | Spencer | SPENCER'S TERPSICHOREAN MONITOR | Peoria, IL | |
1869 | Rodolph | Vok | DER TANZ... MIT EINEM LEXIKON DER TANZE | Berlin | |
c. | 1870 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; Containing All The Last New And Fashionable Dances, Third Edition | London |
c. | 1870 | Emile | DeWalden | DEWALDEN'S BALL-ROOM COMPANION (pirated from Cellarius) | New York |
c. | 1870 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S PARLOR DANCES (music with dance descriptions) | Boston |
1870 | E. B. | Reilley | THE AMATEUR'S VADEMECUM. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE ART OF DANCING | Philadelphia | |
c. | 1870 | Anon, Geo. | Routledge, publ. | ROUTLEDGE'S BALL ROOM COMPANION | London |
1870 | Septimus | Winner | PARTY DANCES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO 3-part music with calls for quadrilles, incl. Mazourka & Schottische Q. Can Can music. | Boston | |
c. | 1870 | Mr. W. G. | Youens | YOUENS'S DANCE ALBUM & BALL-ROOM GUIDE | London |
1871 | Prof. | Maas | THE NILSSON DANCE AND BALL-ROOM GUIDE | New York | |
1871 | Wm. | Warwick, pub. | CANADIAN TEN CENT BALL-ROOM COMPANION AND GUIDE TO DANCING | Toronto | |
1872 | Hurst & Co, publ | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER AND COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ETIQUETTE, TOILETTE, DRESS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BALL-ROOM | New York | ||
1872 | Jean | Jacques | DER TANZMEISTER IN DER WESTENTASCHE Cover: Der Maitre de plaisire beim Tanze | Hamburg | |
1872 | Caroline L. | Smith | THE AMERICAN HOME BOOK OF IN-DOOR GAMES, AMUSEMENTS, AND OCCUPATIONS | Boston | |
c. | 1872 | J. F. | Wallace | THE EXCELSIOR MANUAL OF DANCING, Being a Guide to the Ball Room | Glasgow |
c. | 1872 | Septimus | Winner | WINNER'S PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR THE FLUTE Includes Hoosier Set Polka Quadrilles | Cleveland |
1873 | Eugene | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK; Containing All The Last New And Fashionable Dances not Third Edition | London | |
1873 | Allen | Dodworth | ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS | New York | |
1873 | Septimus | Winner | WINNER'S BAND OF FOUR Arranged for violin/flute, cornet/clarinet, 2nd violin and 'cello | Boston | |
c. | 1873 | E. J. | Wivell | THE BALL-ROOM COMPANION AND PUPIL'S SELF-HELP | Adelaide, Australia |
1874 | J. J. | Bordalo | MANUAL DE DANÇA | Lisbon | |
c. | 1874 | Robert | Coote | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER, FOR HOME PRACTICE / HOW TO DANCE, R. COOTES BALL-ROOM GUIDE, Howard & Co. | London |
1874 | Frank | Reed, publ. | THE DANCER'S GUIDE AND BALL-ROOM COMPANION | New York |
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