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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).
1898 | H. N. | Grant | » THE MODERN REDOWA | Buffalo, NY | |
c. | 1898 | J. Scott | Skinner | THE PEOPLE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE and manual of Dancing (with some descriptions by William Lamb) | Dundee and London |
1898 | Frank | Tousey, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (same as 1882, color cover) | New York | |
1898 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Apr, Jun, Sep, Oct, Dec issues | New York | |
1898 | George | Wilson | THE LITTLE DANCING MASTER, A New Exposition of All the Modern Dances | New York | |
c. | 1898 | M. Molina | da Silva | » PAS DE QUATRE. Description and sheet music. | Paris |
c. | 1898 | M. Molina | da Silva | ON DANSERA! Recueil de Danses et Pas Nouveaux | Paris |
1899 | Sydney L. | Asher | "Very Latest Waltz and the Evolution of the Waltzing Position." Philadelphia Times | Philadelphia | |
1899 | T. Leggett | Byrne | TERPSICHORE, HER VOTARIES AND FASHIONS | London | |
1899 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE BOOK AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE. Contains All The Latest Dances | Chicago | |
1899 | Oscar | Duenweg | IMPERIAL THREE STEP, THE TWENTIETH CENTURY DANCE | Boston | |
1899 | N. L. | Gavlikovsky | РУКОВОДСТВО ДЛЯ ИЭУЧЕНІЯ ТАНЦЕВЬ (GUIDE TO BALLROOM DANCING) | St. Petersburg | |
1899 | George | Prutting, Jr. | » THE NETHERLAND. LATEST SOCIETY DANCE. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1899 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine May, Jun, Sep, Oct issues | New York | |
1899 | Marguerite | Wilson | DANCING | Philadelphia | |
1899 | Gennaro | de Angelis | LA QUADRIGLIA NAPOLITANA - I LANCIERS e IL COTILLON | Naples | |
1899 | Henri | de Soria fils | LE COTILLON, Theorie Complete | Paris | |
c. | 1900 | H. M. | Audran | NOUVEAU TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DE DANSE ET DE MAINTIEN | Paris |
c. | 1900 | R. | Baum | MODERNES TANZLEHRBUCH, Allgemeine leichtverständliche Anleitung zur Erlernung von modernen Gruppen- und Rundtänzen | Leipzig |
c. | 1900 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE, with Cake Walk, Washington Post and other dances added | Paris |
1900 | Allen | Dodworth | DANCING AND ITS RELATIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LIFE Enlarged Edition | New York | |
1900 | Francis & Day, publ | FRANCIS & DAY'S ALBUM OF OLD FAVORITE DANCES | London | ||
c. | 1900 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE (different from 1862 edition) | Paris |
1900 | Eugène | Giraudet | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE (GRAMMAIRE DE LA DANSE) | Paris | |
c. | 1900 | Thomas | Hillgrove | HILLGROVE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE (the 1863 edition with a retitled B&W cover) | New York |
1898 | H. N. | Grant | » THE MODERN REDOWA | Buffalo, NY | |
c. | 1898 | J. Scott | Skinner | THE PEOPLE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE and manual of Dancing (with some descriptions by William Lamb) | Dundee and London |
1898 | Frank | Tousey, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (same as 1882, color cover) | New York | |
1898 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Apr, Jun, Sep, Oct, Dec issues | New York | |
1898 | George | Wilson | THE LITTLE DANCING MASTER, A New Exposition of All the Modern Dances | New York | |
c. | 1898 | M. Molina | da Silva | » PAS DE QUATRE. Description and sheet music. | Paris |
c. | 1898 | M. Molina | da Silva | ON DANSERA! Recueil de Danses et Pas Nouveaux | Paris |
1899 | Sydney L. | Asher | "Very Latest Waltz and the Evolution of the Waltzing Position." Philadelphia Times | Philadelphia | |
1899 | T. Leggett | Byrne | TERPSICHORE, HER VOTARIES AND FASHIONS | London | |
1899 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE BOOK AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE. Contains All The Latest Dances | Chicago | |
1899 | Oscar | Duenweg | IMPERIAL THREE STEP, THE TWENTIETH CENTURY DANCE | Boston | |
1899 | N. L. | Gavlikovsky | РУКОВОДСТВО ДЛЯ ИЭУЧЕНІЯ ТАНЦЕВЬ (GUIDE TO BALLROOM DANCING) | St. Petersburg | |
1899 | George | Prutting, Jr. | » THE NETHERLAND. LATEST SOCIETY DANCE. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1899 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine May, Jun, Sep, Oct issues | New York | |
1899 | Marguerite | Wilson | DANCING | Philadelphia | |
1899 | Gennaro | de Angelis | LA QUADRIGLIA NAPOLITANA - I LANCIERS e IL COTILLON | Naples | |
1899 | Henri | de Soria fils | LE COTILLON, Theorie Complete | Paris | |
c. | 1900 | H. M. | Audran | NOUVEAU TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DE DANSE ET DE MAINTIEN | Paris |
c. | 1900 | R. | Baum | MODERNES TANZLEHRBUCH, Allgemeine leichtverständliche Anleitung zur Erlernung von modernen Gruppen- und Rundtänzen | Leipzig |
c. | 1900 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE, with Cake Walk, Washington Post and other dances added | Paris |
1900 | Allen | Dodworth | DANCING AND ITS RELATIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LIFE Enlarged Edition | New York | |
1900 | Francis & Day, publ | FRANCIS & DAY'S ALBUM OF OLD FAVORITE DANCES | London | ||
c. | 1900 | Philippe | Gawlikowski | GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE (different from 1862 edition) | Paris |
1900 | Eugène | Giraudet | TRAITÉ DE LA DANSE (GRAMMAIRE DE LA DANSE) | Paris | |
c. | 1900 | Thomas | Hillgrove | HILLGROVE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE (the 1863 edition with a retitled B&W cover) | New York |
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