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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. | 1817 | W. | Hodsoll, publ | » HODSOLL'S POPULAR DANCES, No.15 | London |
c. | 1817 | Monsr. | Pratt | » PRATT'S FIRST SETT OF QUADRILLES… TO WHICH ARE ADDED FOUR FAVORITE WALTZES | London |
1818 | Anon. | CONTRE-DANSES A PARIS (manuscript) | Paris | ||
1818 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
1818 | Barclay | Dun | A TRANSLATION OF 9 OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE QUADRILLES, CONSISTING OF 50 FRENCH COUNTRY… | Edinburgh | |
1818 | "A Celebrated | French…Teacher" | LE MAITRE A DANSER, or the Art of Dancing Quadrilles | London | |
c. | 1818 | G. Willig, publ | FRANCIS'S BALL ROOM ASSISTANT | Philadelphia | |
1818 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S SECOND SET OF QUADRILLES | London | |
1818 | Louis | Jansen | » DRAPER'S COLLECTION OF FAVORITE WALTZES FOR THE YEAR 1818 | London | |
c. | 1818 | I. | Willis, publ. | POCKET EDITION OF CARDS Prompts for quadrilles, 18 cards in red Morocco box | Dublin |
1818 | Thomas | Wilson | THE ECOSSOISE INSTRUCTOR; In Which All the Figures in This New Species of Dancing are Clearly Explained by Diagrams | London | |
1818 | Thomas | Wilson | LE SYLPHE, An Elegant Collection of 24 Country Dances | London | |
1819 | J. H. | Gourdoux | RECUEIL D'UN GENRE NOUVEAU DE CONTREDANSES ET WALSES | Paris | |
1819 | Franz Anton | Roller | TANZTOUREN 1819 | Leipzig | |
c. | 1820 | Anon. | » SELECTION OF FAVORITE QUADRILLES...PERFORMED BY PAINE'S BAND | London | |
1820 | Carlo | Blasis | TRAITÉ ELEMENTAIRE... DE L'ART DE LA DANSE | Milan | |
1820 | Antonio | Cairon | COMPENDIO DE LAS PRINCIPALES REGLAS DEL BAILE TRADUCIDO DEL FRANCÉS | Madrid | |
1820 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S LANCIERS SET OF QUADRILLES | London | |
c. | 1820 | F. | Leblond | SOUVENIR DE TERPSICHORE, Recueil de Contra-Danses | Paris |
1820 | L. | Länger | ERINNERUNGS-BUCH ZUM NUTZEN UND VERGNÜGEN MEINER SCHÜLER UND SCHÜLERINNEN | Hildburghausen | |
c. | 1820 | E. | Riley, publ | » A COLLECTION OF POPULAR AIRS ARRANGED AS COTILLONS FOR BALLS AND PRIVATE PARTIES | London |
c. | 1820 | C. | Wheatstone, publ | » NO. 1 OF SPANISH DANCES WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE SPANISH & ENGLISH FIGURES… | London |
c. | 1820 | George | Willig Jr., publ | » ADMIRED COTTILLIONS FOR BALLS AND PRIVATE PARTIES (Sheet Music with Dance Description). | Baltimore |
c. | 1820 | Thomas | Wilson | A COMPANION TO THE BALL ROOM, Fourth Edition | London |
1820 | Thomas | Wilson | THE COMPLETE SYSTEM; ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING, CONTAINING ALL THE FIGURES EVER USED… | London |
c. | 1817 | W. | Hodsoll, publ | » HODSOLL'S POPULAR DANCES, No.15 | London |
c. | 1817 | Monsr. | Pratt | » PRATT'S FIRST SETT OF QUADRILLES… TO WHICH ARE ADDED FOUR FAVORITE WALTZES | London |
1818 | Anon. | CONTRE-DANSES A PARIS (manuscript) | Paris | ||
1818 | Wilhelm Gottlieb | Becker | TASCHENBUCH ZUM GESELLIGEN VERGNÜGEN | Leipzig | |
1818 | Barclay | Dun | A TRANSLATION OF 9 OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE QUADRILLES, CONSISTING OF 50 FRENCH COUNTRY… | Edinburgh | |
1818 | "A Celebrated | French…Teacher" | LE MAITRE A DANSER, or the Art of Dancing Quadrilles | London | |
c. | 1818 | G. Willig, publ | FRANCIS'S BALL ROOM ASSISTANT | Philadelphia | |
1818 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S SECOND SET OF QUADRILLES | London | |
1818 | Louis | Jansen | » DRAPER'S COLLECTION OF FAVORITE WALTZES FOR THE YEAR 1818 | London | |
c. | 1818 | I. | Willis, publ. | POCKET EDITION OF CARDS Prompts for quadrilles, 18 cards in red Morocco box | Dublin |
1818 | Thomas | Wilson | THE ECOSSOISE INSTRUCTOR; In Which All the Figures in This New Species of Dancing are Clearly Explained by Diagrams | London | |
1818 | Thomas | Wilson | LE SYLPHE, An Elegant Collection of 24 Country Dances | London | |
1819 | J. H. | Gourdoux | RECUEIL D'UN GENRE NOUVEAU DE CONTREDANSES ET WALSES | Paris | |
1819 | Franz Anton | Roller | TANZTOUREN 1819 | Leipzig | |
c. | 1820 | Anon. | » SELECTION OF FAVORITE QUADRILLES...PERFORMED BY PAINE'S BAND | London | |
1820 | Carlo | Blasis | TRAITÉ ELEMENTAIRE... DE L'ART DE LA DANSE | Milan | |
1820 | Antonio | Cairon | COMPENDIO DE LAS PRINCIPALES REGLAS DEL BAILE TRADUCIDO DEL FRANCÉS | Madrid | |
1820 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S LANCIERS SET OF QUADRILLES | London | |
c. | 1820 | F. | Leblond | SOUVENIR DE TERPSICHORE, Recueil de Contra-Danses | Paris |
1820 | L. | Länger | ERINNERUNGS-BUCH ZUM NUTZEN UND VERGNÜGEN MEINER SCHÜLER UND SCHÜLERINNEN | Hildburghausen | |
c. | 1820 | E. | Riley, publ | » A COLLECTION OF POPULAR AIRS ARRANGED AS COTILLONS FOR BALLS AND PRIVATE PARTIES | London |
c. | 1820 | C. | Wheatstone, publ | » NO. 1 OF SPANISH DANCES WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE SPANISH & ENGLISH FIGURES… | London |
c. | 1820 | George | Willig Jr., publ | » ADMIRED COTTILLIONS FOR BALLS AND PRIVATE PARTIES (Sheet Music with Dance Description). | Baltimore |
c. | 1820 | Thomas | Wilson | A COMPANION TO THE BALL ROOM, Fourth Edition | London |
1820 | Thomas | Wilson | THE COMPLETE SYSTEM; ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING, CONTAINING ALL THE FIGURES EVER USED… | London |
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