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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. | 1800 | Joseph | Dale | DALE'S SELECTION OF THE MOST FAVORITE COUNTRY DANCES, REELS, &C. WITH THEIR PROPER FIGURES | London |
1800 | Pierre Landrin | Duport | UNITED STATES COUNTRY DANCES, WITH FIGURES | New York | |
1800 | Johann Heinrich | Kattfuss | CHOREGRAPHIE ODER VOLLSTÄNDIGE UND LEICHT FALSSICHE | Leipzig | |
1801 | Médéric-Louis-Elie | Moreau de St-Mery | DE LA DANSE | Parme | |
1801 | Ernst | Mädel | UNSANGSGRUNDE DER TANZKUNST | Ersurk | |
1802 | Johann Heinrich | Kattfuss | TASCHENBUCH FUR FREUNDE UND FREUNDINNEN DES TÄNZES | Leipzig | |
1802 | Saltator | A TREATISE ON DANCING...LESSONS, STEPS, FIGURES, &c . | Boston | ||
1802 | Thompson, publ | THOMPSON'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1802 | London | ||
1803 | Médéric-Louis-Elie | Moreau de St-Mery | DE LA DANSE (different title page and page layout from 1801 edition) | Parme | |
1803 | Thomas | Preston | TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1803 ... as They are Performed at Court, Bath… | London | |
1804 | J.H. | Gourdoux | PRINCIPES... SUR L'ART DE LA DANSE English translation by Ellis Rogers | Paris | |
1804 | Thompson, publ | THOMPSON'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1804 | London | ||
1805 | E. C. | Mädel | DIE TANZKUNST FÜR DIE ELEGANTE WELT | Erfurt | |
1805 | Francis | Peacock | SKETCHES RELATIVE TO...THE PRACTICE OF DANCING | Aberdeen | |
1805 | Thompson, publ | THOMPSON'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1805 | London | ||
1806 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
1806 | Dietrich Alexander | Ivensen | TERPSICHORE, EIN TASCHENBUCH FÜR FREUNDE UND FREUNDINNEN DES TANZES IN LIV, KUR | Riga | |
1807 | Saltator | A TREATISE ON DANCING... COUNTRY DANCES AND COTILLIONS | Boston | ||
1807 | Anon, or Charles | Spooner | COTILLIONS & COUNTRY DANCES | Boston | |
1808 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH 1808 | Leipzig | |
1808 | J. T. | Buckingham | A SELECTION OF COTILLIONS AND COUNTRY DANCES | Boston | |
c. | 1808 | Button & Whitaker, publ | BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 9 | London | |
c. | 1808 | Button & Whitaker, publ | BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 8 | London | |
c. | 1808 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES, No. 5 | London | |
1808 | Thomas | Wilson | AN ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY DANCING: WHEREIN ARE DISPLAYED ALL THE FIGURES EVER USED IN COUNTRY… | London |
c. | 1800 | Joseph | Dale | DALE'S SELECTION OF THE MOST FAVORITE COUNTRY DANCES, REELS, &C. WITH THEIR PROPER FIGURES | London |
1800 | Pierre Landrin | Duport | UNITED STATES COUNTRY DANCES, WITH FIGURES | New York | |
1800 | Johann Heinrich | Kattfuss | CHOREGRAPHIE ODER VOLLSTÄNDIGE UND LEICHT FALSSICHE | Leipzig | |
1801 | Médéric-Louis-Elie | Moreau de St-Mery | DE LA DANSE | Parme | |
1801 | Ernst | Mädel | UNSANGSGRUNDE DER TANZKUNST | Ersurk | |
1802 | Johann Heinrich | Kattfuss | TASCHENBUCH FUR FREUNDE UND FREUNDINNEN DES TÄNZES | Leipzig | |
1802 | Saltator | A TREATISE ON DANCING...LESSONS, STEPS, FIGURES, &c . | Boston | ||
1802 | Thompson, publ | THOMPSON'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1802 | London | ||
1803 | Médéric-Louis-Elie | Moreau de St-Mery | DE LA DANSE (different title page and page layout from 1801 edition) | Parme | |
1803 | Thomas | Preston | TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1803 ... as They are Performed at Court, Bath… | London | |
1804 | J.H. | Gourdoux | PRINCIPES... SUR L'ART DE LA DANSE English translation by Ellis Rogers | Paris | |
1804 | Thompson, publ | THOMPSON'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1804 | London | ||
1805 | E. C. | Mädel | DIE TANZKUNST FÜR DIE ELEGANTE WELT | Erfurt | |
1805 | Francis | Peacock | SKETCHES RELATIVE TO...THE PRACTICE OF DANCING | Aberdeen | |
1805 | Thompson, publ | THOMPSON'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1805 | London | ||
1806 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
1806 | Dietrich Alexander | Ivensen | TERPSICHORE, EIN TASCHENBUCH FÜR FREUNDE UND FREUNDINNEN DES TANZES IN LIV, KUR | Riga | |
1807 | Saltator | A TREATISE ON DANCING... COUNTRY DANCES AND COTILLIONS | Boston | ||
1807 | Anon, or Charles | Spooner | COTILLIONS & COUNTRY DANCES | Boston | |
1808 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH 1808 | Leipzig | |
1808 | J. T. | Buckingham | A SELECTION OF COTILLIONS AND COUNTRY DANCES | Boston | |
c. | 1808 | Button & Whitaker, publ | BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 9 | London | |
c. | 1808 | Button & Whitaker, publ | BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 8 | London | |
c. | 1808 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES, No. 5 | London | |
1808 | Thomas | Wilson | AN ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY DANCING: WHEREIN ARE DISPLAYED ALL THE FIGURES EVER USED IN COUNTRY… | London |
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