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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).
1893 | C. Francis | Malone | » YALE SCHOTTISCHE | New Haven, CT | |
1893 | Routledge, publ. | HOW TO DANCE: A NEW AND COMPLETE GUIDE... | London | ||
1893 | Edward | Scott | DANCING AS IT SHOULD BE (Enlarged Edition) | London | |
1893 | Mrs. S. J. | Severance | » BADGER GAVOTTE. Description and sheet music. | Milwaukee, WI | |
1893 | F. | Trifet | TRIFET'S ACME OF DANCES, With Calls and Figures, 214 Dances | Boston | |
1893 | Septimus | Winner | MUSIC AND STEPS OF THE ROUND AND SQUARE DANCES | Boston | |
1894 | Prof. Joseph | Gearen | » THE CHICAGO GLIDE, A NEW DANCE | Cincinnati | |
1894 | Elias | Howe, publ. | HOWE'S NEW BALL-ROOM GUIDE (copyright 1883) | Boston | |
1894 | John | Mahler | » TWO AND A HALF STEP, A NEW DESCRIPTIVE DANCE | Saint Louis | |
1894 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Mar issue Vol 1 No 3 | New York | |
1894 | Edna | Winterspoon | THE PERFECT ART OF MODERN DANCING, Vol. 7, No. 2 May 1894 Butterick, publ. | London / NY | |
1894 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | » NATIONAL QUADRILLE. Description and sheet music. | Milwaukee, WI | |
c. | 1895 | Mozart | Allan | ALLAN'S REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE BALL-ROOM | Glasgow |
1895 | P. | Bail & G. Stilb | GUIDE DU COTILLON (bound with LES DANSES DE SALON by G. Stilb) | Paris | |
c. | 1895 | A. | Busch | DER GEWANDTE TANZ-MEISTER | Braunschweig |
c. | 1895 | Raoul | Charbonnel | LA DANSE (w/ technique by Berthe Bernay) | Paris |
1895 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE BOOK AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE | Davenport, IA | |
c. | 1895 | Eugéne | Clément | MANUEL DU COTILLON | Paris |
c. | 1895 | Robert | Coote | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER FOR HOME PRACTICE | London |
c. | 1895 | R. | Coote | HOW TO DANCE THE OLD DANCES | London |
1895 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | DICTIONNAIRE DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1895 | Dick & Fitzgerald, publ. | HOW TO LEAD THE GERMAN | New York | ||
1895 | Dick & Fitzgerald, publ. | DICK'S QUADRILLE CALL BOOK Revised Edition | New York | ||
1895 | Lilly | Grove | DANCING (The Badminton Library) Gilt deluxe edition | London | |
c. | 1895 | H. R. | Johnson | POCKET GUIDE TO BALL ROOM DANCES | London |
1893 | C. Francis | Malone | » YALE SCHOTTISCHE | New Haven, CT | |
1893 | Routledge, publ. | HOW TO DANCE: A NEW AND COMPLETE GUIDE... | London | ||
1893 | Edward | Scott | DANCING AS IT SHOULD BE (Enlarged Edition) | London | |
1893 | Mrs. S. J. | Severance | » BADGER GAVOTTE. Description and sheet music. | Milwaukee, WI | |
1893 | F. | Trifet | TRIFET'S ACME OF DANCES, With Calls and Figures, 214 Dances | Boston | |
1893 | Septimus | Winner | MUSIC AND STEPS OF THE ROUND AND SQUARE DANCES | Boston | |
1894 | Prof. Joseph | Gearen | » THE CHICAGO GLIDE, A NEW DANCE | Cincinnati | |
1894 | Elias | Howe, publ. | HOWE'S NEW BALL-ROOM GUIDE (copyright 1883) | Boston | |
1894 | John | Mahler | » TWO AND A HALF STEP, A NEW DESCRIPTIVE DANCE | Saint Louis | |
1894 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Mar issue Vol 1 No 3 | New York | |
1894 | Edna | Winterspoon | THE PERFECT ART OF MODERN DANCING, Vol. 7, No. 2 May 1894 Butterick, publ. | London / NY | |
1894 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | » NATIONAL QUADRILLE. Description and sheet music. | Milwaukee, WI | |
c. | 1895 | Mozart | Allan | ALLAN'S REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE BALL-ROOM | Glasgow |
1895 | P. | Bail & G. Stilb | GUIDE DU COTILLON (bound with LES DANSES DE SALON by G. Stilb) | Paris | |
c. | 1895 | A. | Busch | DER GEWANDTE TANZ-MEISTER | Braunschweig |
c. | 1895 | Raoul | Charbonnel | LA DANSE (w/ technique by Berthe Bernay) | Paris |
1895 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE BOOK AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE | Davenport, IA | |
c. | 1895 | Eugéne | Clément | MANUEL DU COTILLON | Paris |
c. | 1895 | Robert | Coote | BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER FOR HOME PRACTICE | London |
c. | 1895 | R. | Coote | HOW TO DANCE THE OLD DANCES | London |
1895 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | DICTIONNAIRE DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1895 | Dick & Fitzgerald, publ. | HOW TO LEAD THE GERMAN | New York | ||
1895 | Dick & Fitzgerald, publ. | DICK'S QUADRILLE CALL BOOK Revised Edition | New York | ||
1895 | Lilly | Grove | DANCING (The Badminton Library) Gilt deluxe edition | London | |
c. | 1895 | H. R. | Johnson | POCKET GUIDE TO BALL ROOM DANCES | London |
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