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Book/Printed Material A collection of ball-dances perform'd at court:viz. the Richmond, the roundeau, the rigadoon, the favourite, the Spanheim, and the Britannia

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Title

  • A collection of ball-dances perform'd at court:viz. the Richmond, the roundeau, the rigadoon, the favourite, the Spanheim, and the Britannia

Summary

  • 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 lines in the music score. Signs written on the right or left hand side of the tract indicate the steps.

Names

  • Isaac, Mr
  • Weaver, John, 1673-1760
  • Paisible, James, 1656?-1721

Created / Published

  • London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Vaillant, 1706.

Headings

  • -  Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Dance music
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Notation for Dance
  • -  Music for Dance

Genre

  • Bookplates (Provenance)--DLC
  • Bookbinding (Binding)--DLC

Notes

  • -  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.
  • -  LC Copy: Ex libris.
  • -  LAC ael 2021-06-17 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC ael 2022-02-03 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ael 2022-03-31 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 3 p. l., 41 plates on 32 l. ; 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • MT950.A2 I7
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item W-011, Reel 206 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1984]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 20010872

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Isaac, Mr, John Weaver, and James Paisible. A collection of ball-dances perform'd at court:viz. the Richmond, the roundeau, the rigadoon, the favourite, the Spanheim, and the Britannia. London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Vaillant, 1706. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/20010872/.

APA citation style:

Isaac, M., Weaver, J. & Paisible, J. (1706) A collection of ball-dances perform'd at court:viz. the Richmond, the roundeau, the rigadoon, the favourite, the Spanheim, and the Britannia. London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Vaillant. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/20010872/.

MLA citation style:

Isaac, Mr, John Weaver, and James Paisible. A collection of ball-dances perform'd at court:viz. the Richmond, the roundeau, the rigadoon, the favourite, the Spanheim, and the Britannia. London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Vaillant, 1706. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/20010872/>.