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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).
1725 | Pierre | Rameau | ABBRÉGÉ DE LA NOUVELLEL METHODE... Ellis Rogers translation | Paris | |
1728 | Giambatista | Dufort | TRATTATO DEL BALLO NOBILE | Napoli | |
1728 | Pierre | Rameau, J. Essex tr. | THE DANCING-MASTER: OR, THE ART OF DANCING EXPLAINED | London | |
1729 | Soame | Jenyns | THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
1735 | Kellom | Tomlinson | THE ART OF DANCING EXPLAINED BY READING AND FIGURES | London | |
1748 | T. | Davis | TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1748 | London | |
1748 | Pierre | Rameau | LE MAITRE A DANSER. QUI ENSEIGNE LA MANIERE DE FAIRE TOUS LES DIFFERENS PAS DE DANSE… | Paris | |
1752 | Nicholas | Dukes | A Concise & Easy Method of Learning the Figuring Part of COUNTRY DANCES | London | |
1758 | Pablo | Minguet e Irol | ARTE DE DANZAR A LA FRANCESA | Madrid | |
c. | 1760 | Mr. | Landrin | POTPOURRI FRANÇOIS DES CONTRE-DANSE ANCIENNE TEL QUIL SE DANSE CHEZ LA REINE | Paris |
1760 | Noverre | LETTRES SUR LA DANSE ET SUR LES BALLETS | Lyon | ||
1762 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | A TREATISE ON THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
1762 | Sr. de | La Cuisse | LE RÉPERTOIRE DES BALS, OU THEORIE-PRATIQUE DES CONTREDANSES... | Paris | |
c. | 1765 | Mr. | Landrin | RECEUIL DANGLAISE : ARRANGEES AVEC LEURS TRAITS TELLE QUEL SE DANSE | Paris |
1768 | Gherandi | INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MORE READY AND PERFECT ATTAINMENT OF THE COTILLON OR FRENCH… | London | ||
1769 | Thomas | Hurst | THE COTILLONS, MADE PLAIN AND EASY | London | |
c. | 1770 | Mr. | Duseul | LES PLAISIRS DE L'ARQUEBUSE Contradanse Allemande (and over 85 other set dances) | Paris |
c. | 1770 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE ART OF DANCING | London |
c. | 1770 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | NEW COLLECTION OF FORTY-FOUR COTILLONS | London |
1770 | N. | Malpied | TRAITE SUR L'ART DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1771 | Guillaume | ALMANACH DANSANT; OU POSITIONS & ATTITUDES DE L'ALLEMANDE | Paris | ||
1772 | C. J. von | Feldtenstein | ERWEITERUNG DER KUNST NACH DER CHOROGRAPHIE ZU TANZEN, TÄNZE ZU ERFINDEN, UND AUFZUSETZEN | Braunschweig | |
1772 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | A TREATISE ON THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
1777 | Friedrich Wilhelm | Weis | CHARACTERISTISCHE ENGLISCHE TÄNZE | Lubec | |
1779 | Sieur | Brives | NOUVELLE METHODE POUR APPRENDRE L'ART DE LA DANSE SANS MAITRE | Toulouse, France |
1725 | Pierre | Rameau | ABBRÉGÉ DE LA NOUVELLEL METHODE... Ellis Rogers translation | Paris | |
1728 | Giambatista | Dufort | TRATTATO DEL BALLO NOBILE | Napoli | |
1728 | Pierre | Rameau, J. Essex tr. | THE DANCING-MASTER: OR, THE ART OF DANCING EXPLAINED | London | |
1729 | Soame | Jenyns | THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
1735 | Kellom | Tomlinson | THE ART OF DANCING EXPLAINED BY READING AND FIGURES | London | |
1748 | T. | Davis | TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1748 | London | |
1748 | Pierre | Rameau | LE MAITRE A DANSER. QUI ENSEIGNE LA MANIERE DE FAIRE TOUS LES DIFFERENS PAS DE DANSE… | Paris | |
1752 | Nicholas | Dukes | A Concise & Easy Method of Learning the Figuring Part of COUNTRY DANCES | London | |
1758 | Pablo | Minguet e Irol | ARTE DE DANZAR A LA FRANCESA | Madrid | |
c. | 1760 | Mr. | Landrin | POTPOURRI FRANÇOIS DES CONTRE-DANSE ANCIENNE TEL QUIL SE DANSE CHEZ LA REINE | Paris |
1760 | Noverre | LETTRES SUR LA DANSE ET SUR LES BALLETS | Lyon | ||
1762 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | A TREATISE ON THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
1762 | Sr. de | La Cuisse | LE RÉPERTOIRE DES BALS, OU THEORIE-PRATIQUE DES CONTREDANSES... | Paris | |
c. | 1765 | Mr. | Landrin | RECEUIL DANGLAISE : ARRANGEES AVEC LEURS TRAITS TELLE QUEL SE DANSE | Paris |
1768 | Gherandi | INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MORE READY AND PERFECT ATTAINMENT OF THE COTILLON OR FRENCH… | London | ||
1769 | Thomas | Hurst | THE COTILLONS, MADE PLAIN AND EASY | London | |
c. | 1770 | Mr. | Duseul | LES PLAISIRS DE L'ARQUEBUSE Contradanse Allemande (and over 85 other set dances) | Paris |
c. | 1770 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE ART OF DANCING | London |
c. | 1770 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | NEW COLLECTION OF FORTY-FOUR COTILLONS | London |
1770 | N. | Malpied | TRAITE SUR L'ART DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1771 | Guillaume | ALMANACH DANSANT; OU POSITIONS & ATTITUDES DE L'ALLEMANDE | Paris | ||
1772 | C. J. von | Feldtenstein | ERWEITERUNG DER KUNST NACH DER CHOROGRAPHIE ZU TANZEN, TÄNZE ZU ERFINDEN, UND AUFZUSETZEN | Braunschweig | |
1772 | Giovanni Andrea | Gallini | A TREATISE ON THE ART OF DANCING | London | |
1777 | Friedrich Wilhelm | Weis | CHARACTERISTISCHE ENGLISCHE TÄNZE | Lubec | |
1779 | Sieur | Brives | NOUVELLE METHODE POUR APPRENDRE L'ART DE LA DANSE SANS MAITRE | Toulouse, France |
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