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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. | 1913 | N. | Georgevitch | » THEORIE DES "CASTLE-WALK" TANZES. Description accompanying sheet music for "Très Moutarde" | Berlin |
1913 | M. B. | Gilbert | GILBERT DANCES | New York | |
1913 | Laura | Guerite | MODERN DANCES, THE TANGO AND TURKEY TROT, MADE EASY | Buffalo, NY | |
1913 | F. W. | Koebner | DAS TANZ-BREVIER | Berlin | |
1913 | Pierre | Lafitte, ed. | MUSICA Magazine, DANSES NOUVELLES Numero Special | Paris | |
1913 | A. | Montel | » THEORIE DE TANGO ARGENTIN Description accompanying sheet music for "Magic-Tango" | Paris | |
c. | 1913 | C. de | Neronde | LES DANSES NOUVELLES: LE TANGO :: LA MAXIXE :: LA FORLANE | Paris |
c. | 1913 | Georges | Parmentier, publ. | CE QUI SE DANSE AUJOURD'HUI DANS LES SALONS | Paris |
1913 | P.J.S. | Richardson, ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Dec) | London | |
1913 | Max | Rivera | LE TANGO ET LES DANSES NOUVELLES | Paris | |
1913 | Edward | Scott | ALL ABOUT THE BOSTON | London | |
1913 | Alfonso | Sheafe | THE FASCINATING BOSTON (with Turkey Trot, Aeroplane Glide and Tango) | Boston | |
1913 | Alfonso | Sheafe | THE FASCINATING BOSTON (with Turkey Trot, Aeroplane Glide and Tango) | Boston | |
1913 | E. J. | Stark | » LA MODE, THE NEW DANCE SENSATION. Description and sheet music. | St. Louis | |
1913 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine June issue | New York | |
1913 | Marguerite | Wilson | DANCING | Philadelphia | |
1914 | Anon. | » INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO DANCE THE ONE STEP (on "Walla Walla Man" music) | New York | ||
1914 | Enrique | Arenas | » LE PAS DU SERPENT. Serpent Dance. Théorie du One Step et de ses variétés Le Fish Walk, with sheet music | Paris | |
1914 | Ridley | Bell | HOW TO DANCE THE NEW DANCES Hesitation, Tango, One Step, Boston and others | New York | |
1914 | C. F. | Burgess | KING'S BOOKLET ON DANCING | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | » THE CASTLE POLKA. Description in the October issue of Ladies Home Journal | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | MODERN DANCING, Castle House Edition, signed by Vernon Castle | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | » THE CASTLE FOX TROT. Description in the December issue of Ladies Home Journal | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | » THE CASTLE GAVOTTE. Description in the November issue of Ladies Home Journal | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | 3 MODERN DANCES ILLUSTRATED BY MOTION PICTURE | New York |
c. | 1913 | N. | Georgevitch | » THEORIE DES "CASTLE-WALK" TANZES. Description accompanying sheet music for "Très Moutarde" | Berlin |
1913 | M. B. | Gilbert | GILBERT DANCES | New York | |
1913 | Laura | Guerite | MODERN DANCES, THE TANGO AND TURKEY TROT, MADE EASY | Buffalo, NY | |
1913 | F. W. | Koebner | DAS TANZ-BREVIER | Berlin | |
1913 | Pierre | Lafitte, ed. | MUSICA Magazine, DANSES NOUVELLES Numero Special | Paris | |
1913 | A. | Montel | » THEORIE DE TANGO ARGENTIN Description accompanying sheet music for "Magic-Tango" | Paris | |
c. | 1913 | C. de | Neronde | LES DANSES NOUVELLES: LE TANGO :: LA MAXIXE :: LA FORLANE | Paris |
c. | 1913 | Georges | Parmentier, publ. | CE QUI SE DANSE AUJOURD'HUI DANS LES SALONS | Paris |
1913 | P.J.S. | Richardson, ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Dec) | London | |
1913 | Max | Rivera | LE TANGO ET LES DANSES NOUVELLES | Paris | |
1913 | Edward | Scott | ALL ABOUT THE BOSTON | London | |
1913 | Alfonso | Sheafe | THE FASCINATING BOSTON (with Turkey Trot, Aeroplane Glide and Tango) | Boston | |
1913 | Alfonso | Sheafe | THE FASCINATING BOSTON (with Turkey Trot, Aeroplane Glide and Tango) | Boston | |
1913 | E. J. | Stark | » LA MODE, THE NEW DANCE SENSATION. Description and sheet music. | St. Louis | |
1913 | H. Layton | Walker, publ. | THE TWO STEP monthly magazine June issue | New York | |
1913 | Marguerite | Wilson | DANCING | Philadelphia | |
1914 | Anon. | » INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO DANCE THE ONE STEP (on "Walla Walla Man" music) | New York | ||
1914 | Enrique | Arenas | » LE PAS DU SERPENT. Serpent Dance. Théorie du One Step et de ses variétés Le Fish Walk, with sheet music | Paris | |
1914 | Ridley | Bell | HOW TO DANCE THE NEW DANCES Hesitation, Tango, One Step, Boston and others | New York | |
1914 | C. F. | Burgess | KING'S BOOKLET ON DANCING | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | » THE CASTLE POLKA. Description in the October issue of Ladies Home Journal | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | MODERN DANCING, Castle House Edition, signed by Vernon Castle | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | » THE CASTLE FOX TROT. Description in the December issue of Ladies Home Journal | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | » THE CASTLE GAVOTTE. Description in the November issue of Ladies Home Journal | New York | |
1914 | Vernon & Irene | Castle | 3 MODERN DANCES ILLUSTRATED BY MOTION PICTURE | New York |
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