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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).
1779 | Gennaro | Magri | TRATTATO TEORICO-PRATTICO DI BALLO Volumes I & 2 | Naples | |
c. | 1780 | Longman & | Lukey, publ. | SET OF COTILLONS, OR FRENCH DANCES | London |
1780 | Charles & Samuel | Thompson | TWENTY-FOUR FAVORITE DANCES | London | |
1781 | Longman & | Broderip | COMPLEAT COLLECTION OF 200 FAVORITE COUNTRY DANCES | London | |
1785 | Baron Fredrik | Akerhielm | DANSBOK, 200 KONTRADANSER | Stockholm | |
c. | 1785 | M. | Bacquoy-Guédon | MÉTHODE POUR EXERCER L'OREILLE A LA MESURE, DANS L'ART DE LA DANSE | Amsterdam |
1785 | Hezekiah | Cantelo | TWENTY FOUR AMERICAN COUNTRY DANCES AS DANCED BY THE BRITISH DURING THEIR WINTER QUARTERS | London | |
1788 | John | Griffiths | A COLLECTION OF THE NEWEST COTILLIONS, AND COUNTRY DANCES. | Providence, RI | |
1788 | John | Griffiths | A COLLECTION OF THE NEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE COUNTRY DANCES AND COTILLIONS | Providence, RI | |
c. | 1790 | B. | Cooke, publ. | TRACY'S SELECTION OF THE PRESENT FAVORITE COUNTRY DANCES | Dublin |
1791 | Charles | Thompson | 24 COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1791 | London | |
1792 | Anon. | A COLLECTION OF CONTRA DANCES CONTAINING THE NEWEST, MOST APPROVED FIGURES | Stockbridge, MA | ||
c. | 1792 | A. | Lefebvre | 2me RECEUIL DE CONTREDANSES NOUVELLES, WALTZ ET ALLEMANDES | Lyon |
1793 | Asa | Willcox | ASA WILLCOX'S BOOK OF FIGURES, 1793 | Hartford County, CT | |
1793 | Felipe Roxo | de Flores | TRATADO DE RECREACION INSTRUCTIVA SOBRE LA DANZA | Madrid | |
1794 | Иван (Ivan) | Кусков (Kuskov) | ТАНЦОВАЛЬНЫЙ УЧИТЕЛЬ (DANCE TEACHER) | St. Petersburg | |
1795 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
c. | 1795 | Louis Julien | Clarchies | RECUEIL DES CONTRE-DANSES ET WALZES | Paris |
c. | 1796 | M. J. C. | Fraisier | THE SCHOLARS COMPANION : CONTAINING A CHOICE COLLECTION OF COTILLONS & COUNTRY-DANCES | Boston |
1796 | Médéric-Louis-Elie | Moreau de St-Mery | DANSE. Article. Extrait d'un Ouvrage. Translated by Lily & Baird Hastings, 1976 | Philadelphia | |
1797 | J. J. | Martinet | ESSAI, ou Principes élémantaires de l'art de la danse | Lausanne | |
1798 | John | Trumbull, publ. | THE GENTLEMAN & LADY'S COMPANION, CONTAINING THE NEWEST COTILLIONS AND COUNTRY DANCES | Norwich | |
1799 | John | Griffiths | THE GENTLEMAN AND LADY'S COMPANION CONTAINING THE NEWEST COTILLONS AND COUNTRY DANCES | Newport, RI | |
1799 | John H. | Ives | TWENTY-FOUR FIGURES OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE COUNTRY DANCES: TOGETHER WITH 8 COTILLIONS | New Haven, CT | |
c. | 1800 | Ferdinando | Carulli | SIX CONTRE-DANSES AVEC LES FIGURES ET TROIS VALZES | Paris |
1779 | Gennaro | Magri | TRATTATO TEORICO-PRATTICO DI BALLO Volumes I & 2 | Naples | |
c. | 1780 | Longman & | Lukey, publ. | SET OF COTILLONS, OR FRENCH DANCES | London |
1780 | Charles & Samuel | Thompson | TWENTY-FOUR FAVORITE DANCES | London | |
1781 | Longman & | Broderip | COMPLEAT COLLECTION OF 200 FAVORITE COUNTRY DANCES | London | |
1785 | Baron Fredrik | Akerhielm | DANSBOK, 200 KONTRADANSER | Stockholm | |
c. | 1785 | M. | Bacquoy-Guédon | MÉTHODE POUR EXERCER L'OREILLE A LA MESURE, DANS L'ART DE LA DANSE | Amsterdam |
1785 | Hezekiah | Cantelo | TWENTY FOUR AMERICAN COUNTRY DANCES AS DANCED BY THE BRITISH DURING THEIR WINTER QUARTERS | London | |
1788 | John | Griffiths | A COLLECTION OF THE NEWEST COTILLIONS, AND COUNTRY DANCES. | Providence, RI | |
1788 | John | Griffiths | A COLLECTION OF THE NEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE COUNTRY DANCES AND COTILLIONS | Providence, RI | |
c. | 1790 | B. | Cooke, publ. | TRACY'S SELECTION OF THE PRESENT FAVORITE COUNTRY DANCES | Dublin |
1791 | Charles | Thompson | 24 COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1791 | London | |
1792 | Anon. | A COLLECTION OF CONTRA DANCES CONTAINING THE NEWEST, MOST APPROVED FIGURES | Stockbridge, MA | ||
c. | 1792 | A. | Lefebvre | 2me RECEUIL DE CONTREDANSES NOUVELLES, WALTZ ET ALLEMANDES | Lyon |
1793 | Asa | Willcox | ASA WILLCOX'S BOOK OF FIGURES, 1793 | Hartford County, CT | |
1793 | Felipe Roxo | de Flores | TRATADO DE RECREACION INSTRUCTIVA SOBRE LA DANZA | Madrid | |
1794 | Иван (Ivan) | Кусков (Kuskov) | ТАНЦОВАЛЬНЫЙ УЧИТЕЛЬ (DANCE TEACHER) | St. Petersburg | |
1795 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
c. | 1795 | Louis Julien | Clarchies | RECUEIL DES CONTRE-DANSES ET WALZES | Paris |
c. | 1796 | M. J. C. | Fraisier | THE SCHOLARS COMPANION : CONTAINING A CHOICE COLLECTION OF COTILLONS & COUNTRY-DANCES | Boston |
1796 | Médéric-Louis-Elie | Moreau de St-Mery | DANSE. Article. Extrait d'un Ouvrage. Translated by Lily & Baird Hastings, 1976 | Philadelphia | |
1797 | J. J. | Martinet | ESSAI, ou Principes élémantaires de l'art de la danse | Lausanne | |
1798 | John | Trumbull, publ. | THE GENTLEMAN & LADY'S COMPANION, CONTAINING THE NEWEST COTILLIONS AND COUNTRY DANCES | Norwich | |
1799 | John | Griffiths | THE GENTLEMAN AND LADY'S COMPANION CONTAINING THE NEWEST COTILLONS AND COUNTRY DANCES | Newport, RI | |
1799 | John H. | Ives | TWENTY-FOUR FIGURES OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE COUNTRY DANCES: TOGETHER WITH 8 COTILLIONS | New Haven, CT | |
c. | 1800 | Ferdinando | Carulli | SIX CONTRE-DANSES AVEC LES FIGURES ET TROIS VALZES | Paris |
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