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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).
c. | 1895 | Rud. | Knoll | RUD. KNOLL'S TANZBUCHLEIN, Anleitung zum Kommandieren | Hamburg |
1895 | J. | Lagus | REGLAS PARA LOS BAILES DE SALON | Barcelona | |
c. | 1895 | Anna | Lorenzová | ELEGANTNÍ TANECNÍK | Bohemia |
1895 | E. Woodworth | Masters, Ed. | THE GALOP MAGAZINE Vol. 12 No. 9 | Boston | |
c. | 1895 | C. J. | Melrose | DANCING UP TO DATE, Ball Room Dancing Taught on Scientific Principles | London |
1895 | Robert | Metcalfe | » DORADO PASO (GOLDEN STEP), THE NEW SOCIETY DANCE | Chicago | |
1895 | Prof. G. | Stilb | LES DANSES DE SALON (bound with GUIDE DU COTILLON by Bail & Stilb) | Paris | |
1895 | Frank | Tousey | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (same as 1882, b&w cover) | New York | |
c. | 1895 | Henri | de Soria fils | MANUEL DU MAINTIEN ET DE LA DANSE | Paris |
1896 | Christensen Dancing Academy | ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE CHRISTENSEN DANCING ACADEMY | Salt Lake City, UT | ||
c. | 1896 | Robert | Coote | NEW EDITION -- BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER, FOR HOME PRACTICE | London |
1896 | E. H. | Kopp | THE AMERICAN PROMPTER AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE | Cincinnati | |
1896 | E. T. | Root, publ. | GEMS OF THE BALL-ROOM, CALL BOOK | Chicago | |
1896 | G. D. | Wright | » VALSE DIVERTISSANTE, NEW ROUND DANCE | London | |
1897 | J. R. | Bosshardt-Strübi | LEITFADEN FÜR DEN TANZ - & KÖRPERBILDUNGS-UNTERRICHT, MIT ANLEITUNGEN ÜBER DEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN VERKEHR | Zurich | |
1897 | Butterick, publ. | THE PERFECT ART OF MODERN DANCING | London / NY | ||
1897 | M. B. | Gilbert | THE DIRECTOR monthly magazine (10 issues, through 1898) (Note: This is the original bound volume which was photographed for the reproduction volume.) | Portland, Maine | |
c. | 1897 | William | Lamb | EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING Saxon & Co. publ | London |
1897 | Edward | Lawson | GUIDE TO DANCING | London | |
1897 | Mortlake W. | Mann | » NIAGARA, NEW ROUND DANCE | London | |
1897 | Edward | Scott | HOW TO DANCE, OR THE ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM | London | |
1897 | Edward | Scott | DANCING | London | |
1897 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Jan, Mar, Jun, Jul, Nov issues | New York | |
1897 | W. | Willemot | » PAS DES PATINEURS (SKATING). NOUVELLE DANSE DE SALON. Description and sheet music. | Paris | |
1898 | P. | Gavina | IL BALLO, Storia Della Danza | Milan |
c. | 1895 | Rud. | Knoll | RUD. KNOLL'S TANZBUCHLEIN, Anleitung zum Kommandieren | Hamburg |
1895 | J. | Lagus | REGLAS PARA LOS BAILES DE SALON | Barcelona | |
c. | 1895 | Anna | Lorenzová | ELEGANTNÍ TANECNÍK | Bohemia |
1895 | E. Woodworth | Masters, Ed. | THE GALOP MAGAZINE Vol. 12 No. 9 | Boston | |
c. | 1895 | C. J. | Melrose | DANCING UP TO DATE, Ball Room Dancing Taught on Scientific Principles | London |
1895 | Robert | Metcalfe | » DORADO PASO (GOLDEN STEP), THE NEW SOCIETY DANCE | Chicago | |
1895 | Prof. G. | Stilb | LES DANSES DE SALON (bound with GUIDE DU COTILLON by Bail & Stilb) | Paris | |
1895 | Frank | Tousey | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (same as 1882, b&w cover) | New York | |
c. | 1895 | Henri | de Soria fils | MANUEL DU MAINTIEN ET DE LA DANSE | Paris |
1896 | Christensen Dancing Academy | ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE CHRISTENSEN DANCING ACADEMY | Salt Lake City, UT | ||
c. | 1896 | Robert | Coote | NEW EDITION -- BALL-ROOM DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER, FOR HOME PRACTICE | London |
1896 | E. H. | Kopp | THE AMERICAN PROMPTER AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE | Cincinnati | |
1896 | E. T. | Root, publ. | GEMS OF THE BALL-ROOM, CALL BOOK | Chicago | |
1896 | G. D. | Wright | » VALSE DIVERTISSANTE, NEW ROUND DANCE | London | |
1897 | J. R. | Bosshardt-Strübi | LEITFADEN FÜR DEN TANZ - & KÖRPERBILDUNGS-UNTERRICHT, MIT ANLEITUNGEN ÜBER DEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN VERKEHR | Zurich | |
1897 | Butterick, publ. | THE PERFECT ART OF MODERN DANCING | London / NY | ||
1897 | M. B. | Gilbert | THE DIRECTOR monthly magazine (10 issues, through 1898) (Note: This is the original bound volume which was photographed for the reproduction volume.) | Portland, Maine | |
c. | 1897 | William | Lamb | EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING Saxon & Co. publ | London |
1897 | Edward | Lawson | GUIDE TO DANCING | London | |
1897 | Mortlake W. | Mann | » NIAGARA, NEW ROUND DANCE | London | |
1897 | Edward | Scott | HOW TO DANCE, OR THE ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM | London | |
1897 | Edward | Scott | DANCING | London | |
1897 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Jan, Mar, Jun, Jul, Nov issues | New York | |
1897 | W. | Willemot | » PAS DES PATINEURS (SKATING). NOUVELLE DANSE DE SALON. Description and sheet music. | Paris | |
1898 | P. | Gavina | IL BALLO, Storia Della Danza | Milan |
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