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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).
1891 | Robert | Metcalfe | » HARVARD GAVOTTE (WITH SPANISH MOVEMENT), A NEW DANCE | Chicago | |
c. | 1891 | C. H. | Rivers | NEW DANCES, 1890-1891 | Brooklyn, NY |
1891 | T. Erp. Sichore | A TREATISE ON THE ELEMENTS OF DANCING | San Francisco | ||
1891 | Fred'k | Warne & Co. | MODERN ETIQUETTE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE with dance descriptions | London & New York | |
1892 | Horace W. | Beek | » MAJESTIC POLONAISE | Chicago | |
c. | 1892 | Theo. | Bonheur | » THE WASHINGTON POST DANCE. Description and sheet music. | London |
1892 | Robert Alexander | Campbell | » THE VASSAR, DANSE ARTISTIQUE | Chicago | |
c. | 1892 | Robert | Cocks & Co. | ROBERT COCKS DANCE ALBUM No. 3 | London |
1892 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY De Garmo publ., 5th ed. New dances added. | New York | |
c. | 1892 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE ET DU COTILLON | Paris |
1892 | Prof. L. H. | Elmwell | PROMPTER'S POCKET INSTRUCTION BOOK | Boston / NY | |
1892 | R. G. | Huntinghouse | » DESCRIPTION OF "THE ILLINOIS". Description and sheet music. | Chicago | |
c. | 1892 | Mathias & Strickland, publ. | HOW TO DANCE THE WASHINGTON POST (accomplaying THE WASHINGTON POST DANCE sheet music | London | |
1892 | Edward | Scott | DANCING AS AN ART AND PASTIME | London | |
1892 | John Philip | Sousa (music) | » NEW WASHINGTON POST (OR TWO-STEP) DANCES | Melbourne | |
1892 | John Philip | Sousa (music) | » WASHINGTON POST DANCE, THE ORIGINAL | Sydney | |
1893 | Laurence de Garmo | Brookes | » THE WASHINGTON TWO STEP (DEUX TEMPS) | New York | |
1893 | Butterick, publ. | FANCY DRILLS FOR EVENING AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS | New York | ||
1893 | Aleksandr Dmitr¥evich | Chistiakov | METODICHESKOE RUKOVODSTVO K OBUCHEN¥IU TANTSAM V SREDNE-UCHEBNYKH ZAVEDEN¥IAKH | St. Petersburg | |
1893 | J. A. | French | THE PROMPTER'S HAND BOOK | Philadelphia | |
1893 | H. N. | Grant | » THE SAILORS HORNPIPE | Buffalo, NY | |
1893 | H. N. | Grant | HOW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS OF THE ART OF DANCING, How to Manage a Favor-German | Buffalo, NY | |
1893 | H. N. | Grant | GRANT'S DANCING ACADEMY (Lists all dances taught, and in previous years, since 1887) | Buffalo, NY | |
1893 | J. G. | Hoffman | THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CALL BOOK | Waverly, NY | |
1893 | Charles | Link | UNIQUE DANCING CALL BOOK | Rochester, NY |
1891 | Robert | Metcalfe | » HARVARD GAVOTTE (WITH SPANISH MOVEMENT), A NEW DANCE | Chicago | |
c. | 1891 | C. H. | Rivers | NEW DANCES, 1890-1891 | Brooklyn, NY |
1891 | T. Erp. Sichore | A TREATISE ON THE ELEMENTS OF DANCING | San Francisco | ||
1891 | Fred'k | Warne & Co. | MODERN ETIQUETTE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE with dance descriptions | London & New York | |
1892 | Horace W. | Beek | » MAJESTIC POLONAISE | Chicago | |
c. | 1892 | Theo. | Bonheur | » THE WASHINGTON POST DANCE. Description and sheet music. | London |
1892 | Robert Alexander | Campbell | » THE VASSAR, DANSE ARTISTIQUE | Chicago | |
c. | 1892 | Robert | Cocks & Co. | ROBERT COCKS DANCE ALBUM No. 3 | London |
1892 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY De Garmo publ., 5th ed. New dances added. | New York | |
c. | 1892 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE ET DU COTILLON | Paris |
1892 | Prof. L. H. | Elmwell | PROMPTER'S POCKET INSTRUCTION BOOK | Boston / NY | |
1892 | R. G. | Huntinghouse | » DESCRIPTION OF "THE ILLINOIS". Description and sheet music. | Chicago | |
c. | 1892 | Mathias & Strickland, publ. | HOW TO DANCE THE WASHINGTON POST (accomplaying THE WASHINGTON POST DANCE sheet music | London | |
1892 | Edward | Scott | DANCING AS AN ART AND PASTIME | London | |
1892 | John Philip | Sousa (music) | » NEW WASHINGTON POST (OR TWO-STEP) DANCES | Melbourne | |
1892 | John Philip | Sousa (music) | » WASHINGTON POST DANCE, THE ORIGINAL | Sydney | |
1893 | Laurence de Garmo | Brookes | » THE WASHINGTON TWO STEP (DEUX TEMPS) | New York | |
1893 | Butterick, publ. | FANCY DRILLS FOR EVENING AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS | New York | ||
1893 | Aleksandr Dmitr¥evich | Chistiakov | METODICHESKOE RUKOVODSTVO K OBUCHEN¥IU TANTSAM V SREDNE-UCHEBNYKH ZAVEDEN¥IAKH | St. Petersburg | |
1893 | J. A. | French | THE PROMPTER'S HAND BOOK | Philadelphia | |
1893 | H. N. | Grant | » THE SAILORS HORNPIPE | Buffalo, NY | |
1893 | H. N. | Grant | HOW TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS OF THE ART OF DANCING, How to Manage a Favor-German | Buffalo, NY | |
1893 | H. N. | Grant | GRANT'S DANCING ACADEMY (Lists all dances taught, and in previous years, since 1887) | Buffalo, NY | |
1893 | J. G. | Hoffman | THE AMERICAN NATIONAL CALL BOOK | Waverly, NY | |
1893 | Charles | Link | UNIQUE DANCING CALL BOOK | Rochester, NY |
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