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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).
1914 | Louis | Chalif | » RUSSIAN QUADRILLE. NATIONAL DANCE FOR 8 COUPLES. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1914 | S. Beach | Chester | SECRETS OF THE TANGO | London | |
1914 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | DANCE MAD, OR THE DANCES OF THE DAY | St. Louis | |
c. | 1914 | E. W. | Cole, publ | POCKET TANGO GUIDE, AND GUIDE TO THE OTHER DANCES | Melbourne, Australia |
1914 | A. C. | De Takacs | » FOXY FOX TROT DANCE (Accompanying Foxy Fox Trot sheet music) | New York | |
1914 | Mr. & Mrs. Rowley | Downes | MODERN DANCING SIMPLIFIED | Worcester, MA | |
1914 | Oscar | Duryea | THE W. B. DANCE BOOK - One Step, Hesitation & Maxixe Illustrated | New York | |
1914 | Francesco | Giovannini | BALLO D'OGGI | Milan | |
1914 | Eugène | Giraudet | METHODE MODERNE DE DANSE | Paris | |
1914 | J. S. | Hopkins | THE TANGO AND OTHER UP-TO-DATE DANCES | Chicago | |
1914 | Troy & Margaret | Kinney | THE DANCE: ITS PLACE IN ART AND LIFE gilt stamped leather binding | New York | |
1914 | Troy & Margaret | Kinney | SOCIAL DANCING OF TO-DAY, Demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson | New York | |
1914 | Knickerbocker Music Pub. Co | MODERN DANCES, SOCIETY'S LATEST DANCE FOLIO, No. 1 Music with illustrated dance descriptions | New York | ||
1914 | T. G. | MacLennan | » TA-TAO. DIRECTIONS FOR CORRECTLY DANCING THE LATEST LONDON AND PARIS SUCCESS. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1914 | Alice | Martin | » THE ORIGINAL HESITATION WALTZ. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1914 | Thomas | McDougall | » THE FOX TROT. DANCE DESCRIPTION. Accompanying sheet music for "Old Homestead Fox Trot" | New York | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE ONE-STEP. Accompanying sheet music for "More Mustard" | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » MENTEL'S HESITATION WALTZ, DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE HESITATION WALTZ. | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » MENTEL'S FOX-TROT, DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE FOX-TROT. | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » MENTEL'S MAXIXE, DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE MAXIXE. | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Stanley | Miller | THE TANGO AS DANCED IN THE BALL ROOM | ||
1914 | Maurice | Mouvet | THE TANGO AND THE NEW DANCES FOR BALLROOM AND HOME | Chicago | |
1914 | Albert W. | Newman | DANCES OF TO-DAY, Normal School Edition (signed) | Philadelphia | |
1914 | Albert W. | Newman | DANCES OF TO-DAY | Philadelphia | |
1914 | Frank H. | Norman, Sr. | COMPLETE DANCE INSTRUCTOR | Montreal |
1914 | Louis | Chalif | » RUSSIAN QUADRILLE. NATIONAL DANCE FOR 8 COUPLES. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1914 | S. Beach | Chester | SECRETS OF THE TANGO | London | |
1914 | F. Leslie | Clendenen | DANCE MAD, OR THE DANCES OF THE DAY | St. Louis | |
c. | 1914 | E. W. | Cole, publ | POCKET TANGO GUIDE, AND GUIDE TO THE OTHER DANCES | Melbourne, Australia |
1914 | A. C. | De Takacs | » FOXY FOX TROT DANCE (Accompanying Foxy Fox Trot sheet music) | New York | |
1914 | Mr. & Mrs. Rowley | Downes | MODERN DANCING SIMPLIFIED | Worcester, MA | |
1914 | Oscar | Duryea | THE W. B. DANCE BOOK - One Step, Hesitation & Maxixe Illustrated | New York | |
1914 | Francesco | Giovannini | BALLO D'OGGI | Milan | |
1914 | Eugène | Giraudet | METHODE MODERNE DE DANSE | Paris | |
1914 | J. S. | Hopkins | THE TANGO AND OTHER UP-TO-DATE DANCES | Chicago | |
1914 | Troy & Margaret | Kinney | THE DANCE: ITS PLACE IN ART AND LIFE gilt stamped leather binding | New York | |
1914 | Troy & Margaret | Kinney | SOCIAL DANCING OF TO-DAY, Demonstrated by Mr. John Murray Anderson | New York | |
1914 | Knickerbocker Music Pub. Co | MODERN DANCES, SOCIETY'S LATEST DANCE FOLIO, No. 1 Music with illustrated dance descriptions | New York | ||
1914 | T. G. | MacLennan | » TA-TAO. DIRECTIONS FOR CORRECTLY DANCING THE LATEST LONDON AND PARIS SUCCESS. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1914 | Alice | Martin | » THE ORIGINAL HESITATION WALTZ. Description and sheet music. | New York | |
1914 | Thomas | McDougall | » THE FOX TROT. DANCE DESCRIPTION. Accompanying sheet music for "Old Homestead Fox Trot" | New York | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE ONE-STEP. Accompanying sheet music for "More Mustard" | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » MENTEL'S HESITATION WALTZ, DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE HESITATION WALTZ. | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » MENTEL'S FOX-TROT, DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE FOX-TROT. | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Louis | Mentel, Publ. | » MENTEL'S MAXIXE, DIRECTIONS FOR DANCING THE MAXIXE. | Cincinnati | |
1914 | Stanley | Miller | THE TANGO AS DANCED IN THE BALL ROOM | ||
1914 | Maurice | Mouvet | THE TANGO AND THE NEW DANCES FOR BALLROOM AND HOME | Chicago | |
1914 | Albert W. | Newman | DANCES OF TO-DAY, Normal School Edition (signed) | Philadelphia | |
1914 | Albert W. | Newman | DANCES OF TO-DAY | Philadelphia | |
1914 | Frank H. | Norman, Sr. | COMPLETE DANCE INSTRUCTOR | Montreal |
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