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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).
1809 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH 1809 | Leipzig | |
1809 | Willard | Blanchard | COLLECTION... MOST CELEBRATED COUNTRY DANCES | Windsor, Vt | |
c. | 1809 | Button & Whitaker, publ | BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 11 | London | |
1809 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES (No. 9) | London | ||
c. | 1809 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES (No. 8) | London | |
1809 | Thomas | Wilson | THE TREASURES OF TERPSICHORE | London | |
1810 | Button & Whitaker, publ | TWELVE ELEGANT NEW DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1810 | London | ||
1810 | James P. | Cassidy | A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DANCING | Dublin | |
c. | 1810 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | » A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES (No. 10) | London | |
1811 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH 1811 | Leipzig | |
1811 | J. H. | Gourdoux-Daux | PRINCIPES... SUR L'ART DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1811 | Thomas | Wilson | AN ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY DANCING, 3rd Edition gilt stamped leather binding | London | |
c. | 1812 | Button & Whitaker, publ | » BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 18 | London | |
c. | 1812 | Alexander | Dupouy | COTILLIONS AND COUNTRY DANCES.... | Philadelphia |
c. | 1812 | Thomas | Wilson | » FOUR NEW COUNTRY DANCES | London |
1813 | Thomas | Wilson | » BUTTON & WHITAKER'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES, with Figures by Mr. Wilson, for the Year 1813 | London | |
c. | 1815 | Edward | Payne | » PAYNE'S SIX NEW FAVORITE WALTZES, INCLUDING THE NEW DARMSTADT. Arranged as a Waltz Quadrille | London |
c. | 1816 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S FOURTH SET OF QUADRILLES, with their Proper Figures in French & English | London |
c. | 1816 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S FIFTH SET OF QUADRILLES…To Which is Added The Echo Waltz… | London |
c. | 1816 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S SECOND SET OF QUADRILLES, with their Proper Figures in French & English | London |
1816 | Thomas | Wilson | THE TREASURES OF TERPSICHORE; OR, A COMPANION FOR THE BALL-ROOM | London | |
1816 | Thomas | Wilson | A DESCRIPTION OF THE CORRECT METHOD OF WALTZING | London | |
1816 | Thomas | Wilson | WILSON'S COMPANION TO THE BALLROOM First Edition | London | |
1817 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
1817 | J. H. | Gourdoux-Daux | ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE ART OF DANCING, AS USED IN THE POLITE AND FASHIONABLE CIRCLES | Philadelphia |
1809 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH 1809 | Leipzig | |
1809 | Willard | Blanchard | COLLECTION... MOST CELEBRATED COUNTRY DANCES | Windsor, Vt | |
c. | 1809 | Button & Whitaker, publ | BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 11 | London | |
1809 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES (No. 9) | London | ||
c. | 1809 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES (No. 8) | London | |
1809 | Thomas | Wilson | THE TREASURES OF TERPSICHORE | London | |
1810 | Button & Whitaker, publ | TWELVE ELEGANT NEW DANCES FOR THE YEAR 1810 | London | ||
1810 | James P. | Cassidy | A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DANCING | Dublin | |
c. | 1810 | Skillern & Challoner, publ | » A FAVORITE COLLECTION OF POPULAR COUNTRY DANCES (No. 10) | London | |
1811 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH 1811 | Leipzig | |
1811 | J. H. | Gourdoux-Daux | PRINCIPES... SUR L'ART DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
1811 | Thomas | Wilson | AN ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY DANCING, 3rd Edition gilt stamped leather binding | London | |
c. | 1812 | Button & Whitaker, publ | » BUTTON & WHITAKER'S SELECTION OF DANCES, REELS AND WALTZES, No. 18 | London | |
c. | 1812 | Alexander | Dupouy | COTILLIONS AND COUNTRY DANCES.... | Philadelphia |
c. | 1812 | Thomas | Wilson | » FOUR NEW COUNTRY DANCES | London |
1813 | Thomas | Wilson | » BUTTON & WHITAKER'S TWENTY FOUR COUNTRY DANCES, with Figures by Mr. Wilson, for the Year 1813 | London | |
c. | 1815 | Edward | Payne | » PAYNE'S SIX NEW FAVORITE WALTZES, INCLUDING THE NEW DARMSTADT. Arranged as a Waltz Quadrille | London |
c. | 1816 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S FOURTH SET OF QUADRILLES, with their Proper Figures in French & English | London |
c. | 1816 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S FIFTH SET OF QUADRILLES…To Which is Added The Echo Waltz… | London |
c. | 1816 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S SECOND SET OF QUADRILLES, with their Proper Figures in French & English | London |
1816 | Thomas | Wilson | THE TREASURES OF TERPSICHORE; OR, A COMPANION FOR THE BALL-ROOM | London | |
1816 | Thomas | Wilson | A DESCRIPTION OF THE CORRECT METHOD OF WALTZING | London | |
1816 | Thomas | Wilson | WILSON'S COMPANION TO THE BALLROOM First Edition | London | |
1817 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
1817 | J. H. | Gourdoux-Daux | ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE ART OF DANCING, AS USED IN THE POLITE AND FASHIONABLE CIRCLES | Philadelphia |
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