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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).
1900 | Prof. D. F. | Jay | A.B.C. GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING & QUADRILLE CALL BOOK | Chicago | |
c. | 1900 | Edward | Lawson | GUIDE TO DANCING, with Notes on its Origin & It's Refining Influence in Social Life | London |
1900 | Lussan-Borel | TRAITÉ DE DANSE AVEC MUSIQUE Different edition, different typesetting, Cake-Walk is added | Paris | ||
1900 | Lussan-Borel | TRAITÉ DE DANSE AVEC MUSIQUE | Paris | ||
1900 | Jacob | Mahler | ORIGINAL COTILLION FIGURES | St. Louis | |
1900 | Arabella E. | Moore | THE DANCE, ANCIENT AND MODERN | Philadelphia | |
1900 | Arthur | Morris | » THE VELETA. THE ORIGINAL ROUND DANCE. Description and sheet music. | London | |
c. | 1900 | Arthur | Morris | THE POCKET DANCE BOOK AND BALL ROOM GUIDE | Leeds, England |
c. | 1900 | P. | Orsoni, Ed. | LA DANSE, THEORIQUE ET PRATIQUE | Paris |
c. | 1900 | H. | Roussel | » THEORIE DU PAS DE QUATRE (BARN DANCE). Description and sheet music. | Paris |
c. | 1900 | Edward | Scott | THE A. B. C. OF DANCING | London |
1900 | The Home Queen, publ. | HOW TO DANCE - Complete Instructions for Waltzing and Two-stepping | Waterville, ME | ||
1900 | Frank | Tousey | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (same as 1882, color cover) | New York | |
1900 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine May, Jun, Sep issues | New York | |
c. | 1900 | J. F. | Wallace | WALLACE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE (Title page: People's Edition of the Excelsior Manual of Dancing) | Glasgow |
c. | 1900 | Molina | da Silva | ON DANSERA, Recueil de Danses et Pas Nouveaux | Paris |
c. | 1901 | Edmond | Bourgeois | TRAITE PRATIQUE ET THEORIQUE de la DANSE | Paris |
1901 | Dancing Master Pub. Co. | THE DANCING MASTER monthly magazine April issue, Vol 1 No 4 | St. Joseph, MO | ||
1901 | Jules | Givre | LA DANSE MODERNE | Paris | |
1901 | Aleksei Dmitrievich | Tikhomirov | SAMOUCHITEL' MODNYKH BAL'NYKH I KHARAKTERNYKH TANTSEV (with Mazurka and Hongroise) | Moscow | |
1901 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Feb, Apr, May, Sep, Nov issues | New York | |
1901 | Marguerite | Wilson | DANCING | Philadelphia | |
c. | 1902 | A. C. | Maxfield | DANCING AND BALL ROOM ETIQUETTE | London |
1902 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Jan, Jun, Oct, Nov, Dec issues | New York | |
1902 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | COMPLETE QUADRILLE CALL BOOK AND DANCING MASTER | Chicago |
1900 | Prof. D. F. | Jay | A.B.C. GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING & QUADRILLE CALL BOOK | Chicago | |
c. | 1900 | Edward | Lawson | GUIDE TO DANCING, with Notes on its Origin & It's Refining Influence in Social Life | London |
1900 | Lussan-Borel | TRAITÉ DE DANSE AVEC MUSIQUE Different edition, different typesetting, Cake-Walk is added | Paris | ||
1900 | Lussan-Borel | TRAITÉ DE DANSE AVEC MUSIQUE | Paris | ||
1900 | Jacob | Mahler | ORIGINAL COTILLION FIGURES | St. Louis | |
1900 | Arabella E. | Moore | THE DANCE, ANCIENT AND MODERN | Philadelphia | |
1900 | Arthur | Morris | » THE VELETA. THE ORIGINAL ROUND DANCE. Description and sheet music. | London | |
c. | 1900 | Arthur | Morris | THE POCKET DANCE BOOK AND BALL ROOM GUIDE | Leeds, England |
c. | 1900 | P. | Orsoni, Ed. | LA DANSE, THEORIQUE ET PRATIQUE | Paris |
c. | 1900 | H. | Roussel | » THEORIE DU PAS DE QUATRE (BARN DANCE). Description and sheet music. | Paris |
c. | 1900 | Edward | Scott | THE A. B. C. OF DANCING | London |
1900 | The Home Queen, publ. | HOW TO DANCE - Complete Instructions for Waltzing and Two-stepping | Waterville, ME | ||
1900 | Frank | Tousey | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (same as 1882, color cover) | New York | |
1900 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine May, Jun, Sep issues | New York | |
c. | 1900 | J. F. | Wallace | WALLACE'S BALL ROOM GUIDE (Title page: People's Edition of the Excelsior Manual of Dancing) | Glasgow |
c. | 1900 | Molina | da Silva | ON DANSERA, Recueil de Danses et Pas Nouveaux | Paris |
c. | 1901 | Edmond | Bourgeois | TRAITE PRATIQUE ET THEORIQUE de la DANSE | Paris |
1901 | Dancing Master Pub. Co. | THE DANCING MASTER monthly magazine April issue, Vol 1 No 4 | St. Joseph, MO | ||
1901 | Jules | Givre | LA DANSE MODERNE | Paris | |
1901 | Aleksei Dmitrievich | Tikhomirov | SAMOUCHITEL' MODNYKH BAL'NYKH I KHARAKTERNYKH TANTSEV (with Mazurka and Hongroise) | Moscow | |
1901 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Feb, Apr, May, Sep, Nov issues | New York | |
1901 | Marguerite | Wilson | DANCING | Philadelphia | |
c. | 1902 | A. C. | Maxfield | DANCING AND BALL ROOM ETIQUETTE | London |
1902 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine Jan, Jun, Oct, Nov, Dec issues | New York | |
1902 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | COMPLETE QUADRILLE CALL BOOK AND DANCING MASTER | Chicago |
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