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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. | 1821 | G. M. S. | Chivers | THE DANCERS' GUIDE. Contains An Explanation of Technical Terms, also Explains the Manner of Performing the Quadrilles, Ecossoises, Swedish and Spanish Dances, Mescolanzes, and the Contre Danses | London |
c. | 1821 | G. M. S. | Chivers | » THE ORIGINAL CALEDONIANS, an Admired Highland Set of Quadrilles | London |
1821 | Friedrich | Kind | W. G. BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH zum gefelligen Vergnugen | Leipzig | |
1821 | Pierre | Marque | ÉTRENNES À TERPSICHORE, dédiées aux dames ou recueil de contre danses, anglaises et walzes | Paris | |
c. | 1821 | Philippe | Musard | » THE TWELFTH SET OF QUADRILLES. (Paper watermarked 1819) | London |
c. | 1821 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S FIRST SET OF QUADRILLES, with their Proper Figures in French & English. Signed by Paine. 1821 reprinting. | London |
1821 | Thomas | Wilson | THE QUADRILLE INSTRUCTOR | London | |
c. | 1822 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S MUCH ADMIRED FIRST SET OF SCOTCH QUADRILLES | London |
1822 | Alexander | Strathy | ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DANCING; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN THE QUADRILLE | Edinburgh | |
1822 | Thomas | Wilson | THE QUADRILLE AND COTILLON PANORAMA, Second EDition | London | |
1822 | Thomas | Wilson | AN ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY DANCING... WITH NEW REELS | London | |
c. | 1823 | Collinet, ed. | LE COTILLON | Paris | |
1823 | A | Gentleman | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM.... Art of Dancing Quadrilles | Edinburgh | |
1823 | J. H. | Gourdoux-Daux | DE L'ART DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S TENTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Selected from Weber's "Der Freyschutz" | London |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S EIGHTH SET OF QUADRILLES, The Airs Selected from the Most Favorite English Melodies | London |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S NINTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Selected from Rossini's beautiful opera La Donna Del Lago | London |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S SIXTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Including Select Airs from Rossini's Opera La Gazza Ladra | London |
1823 | Jorgen Gad | Lund | TERPSICHORE, ELLER EN VEILEDNING FOR MINE DANDSELAERLINGER | Mariboe, Denmark | |
c. | 1823 | Philippe | Musard | » THE FIFTEENTH SET OF QUADRILLES. (Paper watermarked 1820) | London |
1824 | T. | Adams | » ALMACK'S QUADRILLES, as Performed at Carlton House, Almack's and the Argyle Rooms with Appropriate Figures in French & English | London | |
c. | 1824 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S THIRTEENTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Selected from Mathew Locke's "Macbeth" | London |
c. | 1824 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S TWELFTH SET OF QUADRILLES | London |
1824 | Herrn | Lauchery | TANZE MIT MUSIK | Berlin | |
1824 | Christian | Länger | TERPSICHORE, EIN TASCHENBUCH DER NEUESTEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN TÄNZE | Würzburg |
c. | 1821 | G. M. S. | Chivers | THE DANCERS' GUIDE. Contains An Explanation of Technical Terms, also Explains the Manner of Performing the Quadrilles, Ecossoises, Swedish and Spanish Dances, Mescolanzes, and the Contre Danses | London |
c. | 1821 | G. M. S. | Chivers | » THE ORIGINAL CALEDONIANS, an Admired Highland Set of Quadrilles | London |
1821 | Friedrich | Kind | W. G. BECKER'S TASCHENBUCH zum gefelligen Vergnugen | Leipzig | |
1821 | Pierre | Marque | ÉTRENNES À TERPSICHORE, dédiées aux dames ou recueil de contre danses, anglaises et walzes | Paris | |
c. | 1821 | Philippe | Musard | » THE TWELFTH SET OF QUADRILLES. (Paper watermarked 1819) | London |
c. | 1821 | James | Paine | » PAINE OF ALMACK'S FIRST SET OF QUADRILLES, with their Proper Figures in French & English. Signed by Paine. 1821 reprinting. | London |
1821 | Thomas | Wilson | THE QUADRILLE INSTRUCTOR | London | |
c. | 1822 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S MUCH ADMIRED FIRST SET OF SCOTCH QUADRILLES | London |
1822 | Alexander | Strathy | ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DANCING; WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL FIGURES IN THE QUADRILLE | Edinburgh | |
1822 | Thomas | Wilson | THE QUADRILLE AND COTILLON PANORAMA, Second EDition | London | |
1822 | Thomas | Wilson | AN ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY DANCING... WITH NEW REELS | London | |
c. | 1823 | Collinet, ed. | LE COTILLON | Paris | |
1823 | A | Gentleman | ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM.... Art of Dancing Quadrilles | Edinburgh | |
1823 | J. H. | Gourdoux-Daux | DE L'ART DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S TENTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Selected from Weber's "Der Freyschutz" | London |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S EIGHTH SET OF QUADRILLES, The Airs Selected from the Most Favorite English Melodies | London |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S NINTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Selected from Rossini's beautiful opera La Donna Del Lago | London |
c. | 1823 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S SIXTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Including Select Airs from Rossini's Opera La Gazza Ladra | London |
1823 | Jorgen Gad | Lund | TERPSICHORE, ELLER EN VEILEDNING FOR MINE DANDSELAERLINGER | Mariboe, Denmark | |
c. | 1823 | Philippe | Musard | » THE FIFTEENTH SET OF QUADRILLES. (Paper watermarked 1820) | London |
1824 | T. | Adams | » ALMACK'S QUADRILLES, as Performed at Carlton House, Almack's and the Argyle Rooms with Appropriate Figures in French & English | London | |
c. | 1824 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S THIRTEENTH SET OF QUADRILLES, Selected from Mathew Locke's "Macbeth" | London |
c. | 1824 | Joseph | Hart | » HART'S TWELFTH SET OF QUADRILLES | London |
1824 | Herrn | Lauchery | TANZE MIT MUSIK | Berlin | |
1824 | Christian | Länger | TERPSICHORE, EIN TASCHENBUCH DER NEUESTEN GESELLSCHAFTLICHEN TÄNZE | Würzburg |
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