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The princess : Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majestys birth day ; engraven in characters & figures for the use of masters ...
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[London : Printed for I. Walsh & I. Hare, 1710?]
SUMMARY
This ballroom dance for one couple, preserved in Feuillet notation, was choreographed by English dancing master Mr. Isaac (c. 1640-c. 1720) to music composed by James Paisible (d. 1721). A triple meter dance of nine couplets, the meter changes to 6/4 at the commencement of the fifth couplet. The dance notation system, first published by dancing master Raoul-Auger Feuillet (1659 or 1660-1710), 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.
NOTES
"The princess by Mr. Isack"--Leaf [2].
RISM A/I, P 90.
LC copy imperfect: t.p. wanting. Title supplied from Catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980.
SUBJECTS
Dance music.
Dance--Study and teaching--England--Early works to 1800.
Ballroom dancing--England--Early works to 1800.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Notation for Dance.
Music for Dance.
RELATED NAMES
Paisible, James, 1656?-1721. Princess.
MEDIUM
[10] leaves : ill., music ; 29 cm. (fol.)
CALL NUMBER
GV1589
MT950.P2 P6
DIGITAL ID
musdi 006 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.006
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