A collection of ball-dances perform'd at court: viz. the Richmond, the roundeau, the rigad
By Isaac, Mr, Weaver, John, 1673-1760, Paisible, James, 1656?-1721. Collection of ball-dances perform'd at court. Published 1706. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Plates contain diagrams of dance figures; at head of each diagram, the tune for the dance figure is represented Book-plate of Alfred Henry Littleton and Rosalind Littleton Bound in full mottled calf, gilt, inside borders, by Rivière Dancer, teacher, and theoretician John Weaver (1673-1760) compiled this important collection of choreographies by Mr. Isaac. With melodies composed by James Paisible, the collection contains six ballroom dances: "The Richman," "The Rondeau," "The Rigadoon," "The Favorite," "The Spanheim," and "The Britannia." All are couple dances and are notated in a notation system first published in 1700 by dancing master Raoul-Auger Feuillet (1659 or 1660-1710). The system is based on tract drawings that trace the pattern of the dance. Additionally, bar lines in the dance score correspond to bar l
- Author
- Isaac, Mr, Weaver, John, 1673-1760, Paisible, James, 1656?-1721. Collection of ball-dances perform'd at court
- Date
- 1706
- Publisher
- London, Printed for the author, and sold by J. Vaillant
- Language
- eng
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
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