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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).
1903 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | THE INSTRUCTOR monthly magazine May issue Vol 1 No 5 | Davenport, IA | |
1903 | William | Lamb | HOW & WHAT TO DANCE | London | |
1903 | W. | Lopp | LA DANSE | Paris | |
1903 | Albert | Newman | A COMPLETE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MODERN SOCIETY DANCING | Philadelphia | |
1903 | Prof. M. I. | Quick | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING, BALL ROOM ETIQUETTE AND QUADRILLE CALL BOOK | Chicago | |
1903 | Heinrich | Reisinger | WIENER TANZSCHULE | Vienna | |
1903 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine All issues, bound | New York | |
1903 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | COMPLETE QUADRILLE CALL BOOK AND DANCING MASTER | Chicago | |
1903 | Prof. Frederico | d'Alfonzo | TRATTATO DEI BALLI DI SOCIETA | Naples, Italy | |
1904 | Wm. F. | Braun, Ed | THE DANCING MASTER'S HERALD Mar, May, Jun, Oct, Dec issues | Pittsburg, PA | |
c. | 1904 | George | Caskey | » AFRICAN SNOW-BALL, Eccentric Black Face Dance Novelty | New York |
1904 | William | Lamb | HOW AND WHAT TO DANCE | London | |
c. | 1904 | William | Lamb | EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING Madgwick, Houlston & Co. publ | London |
c. | 1904 | William | Lamb | EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING W.R. Russell & Co. publ | London |
1904 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine All issues, bound | New York | |
1904 | Prof. | Wilkenson | DANCING WITHOUT AN INSTRUCTOR | Philadelphia | |
1905 | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine June issue | New York | |||
1905 | Wm. F. | Braun, Ed | THE DANCING MASTER'S HERALD Apr (Vol 1 No 1), May, Sep, Oct, Dec issues | Pittsburg, PA | |
1905 | Allen | Dodworth | DANCING AND ITS RELATIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LIFE revised edition | New York | |
1905 | Mr. | Eugénio | » LA MATTCHICHE (LA MAXIXE), CELEBRE DANSE. Description and sheet music. | Paris | |
1905 | George V. | Lovely, Ed. | THE DANCE JOURNAL and INSTRUCTOR, September issue of the Int'l Assoc Masters of Dancing | Springfield, MA | |
c. | 1905 | Edward | Scott | HOW TO DANCE, And Guide to the Ball-Room | London |
1905 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine All issues, bound | New York | |
1905 | Albert | Zorn | GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING (translation of 1887 edition) 2 copies | Boston | |
1905 | Albert | Zorn | MUSICAL SCORE OF THE GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING | Boston |
1903 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | THE INSTRUCTOR monthly magazine May issue Vol 1 No 5 | Davenport, IA | |
1903 | William | Lamb | HOW & WHAT TO DANCE | London | |
1903 | W. | Lopp | LA DANSE | Paris | |
1903 | Albert | Newman | A COMPLETE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MODERN SOCIETY DANCING | Philadelphia | |
1903 | Prof. M. I. | Quick | COMPLETE GUIDE TO DANCING, BALL ROOM ETIQUETTE AND QUADRILLE CALL BOOK | Chicago | |
1903 | Heinrich | Reisinger | WIENER TANZSCHULE | Vienna | |
1903 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine All issues, bound | New York | |
1903 | Prof. A. C. | Wirth | COMPLETE QUADRILLE CALL BOOK AND DANCING MASTER | Chicago | |
1903 | Prof. Frederico | d'Alfonzo | TRATTATO DEI BALLI DI SOCIETA | Naples, Italy | |
1904 | Wm. F. | Braun, Ed | THE DANCING MASTER'S HERALD Mar, May, Jun, Oct, Dec issues | Pittsburg, PA | |
c. | 1904 | George | Caskey | » AFRICAN SNOW-BALL, Eccentric Black Face Dance Novelty | New York |
1904 | William | Lamb | HOW AND WHAT TO DANCE | London | |
c. | 1904 | William | Lamb | EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING Madgwick, Houlston & Co. publ | London |
c. | 1904 | William | Lamb | EVERYBODY'S GUIDE TO BALL-ROOM DANCING W.R. Russell & Co. publ | London |
1904 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine All issues, bound | New York | |
1904 | Prof. | Wilkenson | DANCING WITHOUT AN INSTRUCTOR | Philadelphia | |
1905 | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine June issue | New York | |||
1905 | Wm. F. | Braun, Ed | THE DANCING MASTER'S HERALD Apr (Vol 1 No 1), May, Sep, Oct, Dec issues | Pittsburg, PA | |
1905 | Allen | Dodworth | DANCING AND ITS RELATIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LIFE revised edition | New York | |
1905 | Mr. | Eugénio | » LA MATTCHICHE (LA MAXIXE), CELEBRE DANSE. Description and sheet music. | Paris | |
1905 | George V. | Lovely, Ed. | THE DANCE JOURNAL and INSTRUCTOR, September issue of the Int'l Assoc Masters of Dancing | Springfield, MA | |
c. | 1905 | Edward | Scott | HOW TO DANCE, And Guide to the Ball-Room | London |
1905 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine All issues, bound | New York | |
1905 | Albert | Zorn | GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING (translation of 1887 edition) 2 copies | Boston | |
1905 | Albert | Zorn | MUSICAL SCORE OF THE GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING | Boston |
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