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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).
1889 | E. W. | Masters | » THE ORIGINAL YORKE. A NEW DANCE. Description and orchestra music. | Boston | |
1889 | Judson | Sause | THE ART OF DANCING Fifth Edition EMBRACING A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS DANCES OF THE PRESENT DAY, TOGETHER WITH CHAPTERS ON ETIQUETTE, THE BENEFITS AND HISTORY OF DANCING | New York | |
1889 | L. F. | Segadlo | COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN DANCING AND AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY | Newark, N.J. | |
1889 | Herman A. | Strassburg | CALL BOOK OF MODERN QUADRILLES | Detroit, MI | |
c. | 1889 | Herman | Strassburg | QUADRILLES AS TAUGHT BY HERMAN STRASSBURG & SON | Detroit, MI |
c. | 1890 | Anon. | THE POCKET GUIDE TO THE DANCES | Melbourne, Australia | |
c. | 1890 | Lucie H. | Armstrong | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, A NEW AND REVISED EDITION | London/NY |
1890 | Prof. S. | Asher | PROF. S. ASHER'S POCKET EDITION ON DANCING (POCKET GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED DANCERS) | Philadelphia | |
1890 | Horace W. | Beek | » THE OXFORD MINUET. Description and sheet music. | Chicago | |
c. | 1890 | Ferdinand | Bolze | TRAITE DES DANSES, ANCIENNES & NOUVELLES | Lyon, France |
1890 | Prof. W. F. | Braun | BRAUN'S MANUAL. CALLS AND DANCES. (W.F.Braun's name and address handwritten inside cover) | Pittsburgh, PA | |
1890 | "T. Erp Sichore" - R. E. | Brown | THE ELEMENTS OF DANCING | San Francisco | |
c. | 1890 | Cole's Book Arcade | THE POCKET GUIDE TO THE DANCES | Melbourne, Australia | |
c. | 1890 | James | Dorney | THE DANCER'S FRIEND | W'Bool, Austrailia |
1890 | M. B. | Gilbert | ROUND DANCING publ. by author | Portland, Maine | |
c. | 1890 | Eugène | Giraudet | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE - SEUL GUIDE COMPLET RENFERMANT 200 DANSES DIFFERENTES DE SALONS, GRANDS BALS, SOCIÉTÉS, THÉÂTRE, CONCERT PROVINCE ET ETRANGER; AVEC 500 DESSINS ET FIGURES EXPLICATIVES | Paris |
1890 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S NEW AMERICAN DANCING MASTER | Boston | |
c. | 1890 | An | M.C. | HOW TO DANCE AND GUIDE TO THE BALL-ROOM | London |
c. | 1890 | Alvare Dias | Patricio | NOVISSIMO E COMPLETO MANUAL DE DANÇA | Rio de Janeiro |
1890 | C. H. | Rivers | THE DANCING TABLET | Brooklyn, NY | |
1890 | John M. | Schell | PROMPTING, HOW TO DO IT | Boston / NY | |
1891 | R. | Crompton, ed. | DANCING monthly magazine (bound reprinting of 24 issues) to 1893 | London | |
1891 | C. | Haffner | ZWEI GESELLSCHAFTSTÄNZEN, Francaise und Lanciers | Karlsruhe, Germany | |
1891 | Prof. J.D. | Holt | PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATED WALTZ INSTRUCTOR AND BALL ROOM GUIDE | Lancaster, PA | |
1891 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S NEW BALL-ROOM GUIDE (copyright 1883) | Boston |
1889 | E. W. | Masters | » THE ORIGINAL YORKE. A NEW DANCE. Description and orchestra music. | Boston | |
1889 | Judson | Sause | THE ART OF DANCING Fifth Edition EMBRACING A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS DANCES OF THE PRESENT DAY, TOGETHER WITH CHAPTERS ON ETIQUETTE, THE BENEFITS AND HISTORY OF DANCING | New York | |
1889 | L. F. | Segadlo | COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN DANCING AND AESTHETIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY | Newark, N.J. | |
1889 | Herman A. | Strassburg | CALL BOOK OF MODERN QUADRILLES | Detroit, MI | |
c. | 1889 | Herman | Strassburg | QUADRILLES AS TAUGHT BY HERMAN STRASSBURG & SON | Detroit, MI |
c. | 1890 | Anon. | THE POCKET GUIDE TO THE DANCES | Melbourne, Australia | |
c. | 1890 | Lucie H. | Armstrong | THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE, A NEW AND REVISED EDITION | London/NY |
1890 | Prof. S. | Asher | PROF. S. ASHER'S POCKET EDITION ON DANCING (POCKET GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED DANCERS) | Philadelphia | |
1890 | Horace W. | Beek | » THE OXFORD MINUET. Description and sheet music. | Chicago | |
c. | 1890 | Ferdinand | Bolze | TRAITE DES DANSES, ANCIENNES & NOUVELLES | Lyon, France |
1890 | Prof. W. F. | Braun | BRAUN'S MANUAL. CALLS AND DANCES. (W.F.Braun's name and address handwritten inside cover) | Pittsburgh, PA | |
1890 | "T. Erp Sichore" - R. E. | Brown | THE ELEMENTS OF DANCING | San Francisco | |
c. | 1890 | Cole's Book Arcade | THE POCKET GUIDE TO THE DANCES | Melbourne, Australia | |
c. | 1890 | James | Dorney | THE DANCER'S FRIEND | W'Bool, Austrailia |
1890 | M. B. | Gilbert | ROUND DANCING publ. by author | Portland, Maine | |
c. | 1890 | Eugène | Giraudet | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE - SEUL GUIDE COMPLET RENFERMANT 200 DANSES DIFFERENTES DE SALONS, GRANDS BALS, SOCIÉTÉS, THÉÂTRE, CONCERT PROVINCE ET ETRANGER; AVEC 500 DESSINS ET FIGURES EXPLICATIVES | Paris |
1890 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S NEW AMERICAN DANCING MASTER | Boston | |
c. | 1890 | An | M.C. | HOW TO DANCE AND GUIDE TO THE BALL-ROOM | London |
c. | 1890 | Alvare Dias | Patricio | NOVISSIMO E COMPLETO MANUAL DE DANÇA | Rio de Janeiro |
1890 | C. H. | Rivers | THE DANCING TABLET | Brooklyn, NY | |
1890 | John M. | Schell | PROMPTING, HOW TO DO IT | Boston / NY | |
1891 | R. | Crompton, ed. | DANCING monthly magazine (bound reprinting of 24 issues) to 1893 | London | |
1891 | C. | Haffner | ZWEI GESELLSCHAFTSTÄNZEN, Francaise und Lanciers | Karlsruhe, Germany | |
1891 | Prof. J.D. | Holt | PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATED WALTZ INSTRUCTOR AND BALL ROOM GUIDE | Lancaster, PA | |
1891 | Elias | Howe | HOWE'S NEW BALL-ROOM GUIDE (copyright 1883) | Boston |
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