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A Collection of Ball-Dances perform'd at Court (Mr. Isaac, writ down in Character by John Weaver, 1706)
Publisher: Mr. ISAAC (composer; Master of Dance to the Princesses Mary and Anne; b. c.1640, d. c.1722) / John Weaver (notator; b. c.1673 Shrewsbury, d. c.1760; the leading English Beauchamp-Feuillet advocate of his generation) / Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Walsh, Bookseller in the Strand. London, 1706. Source: archive.org identifier acollectionball00paisgoog (Google Books scan, presumed Paisley Free Library copy). Dedicated 'To His Grace the Duke of Richmond' (Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1672-1723, natural son of Charles II by Louise de Kérouaille, who had received first encouragement and subscription support from Weaver). Subscribers list (engraved at front): Bosely of Norwich, Thomas Cavalry, Charlier, Caxton, Cooch, Caron, Courtley, Casin, Christian, Debarges, Delamain of Dublin, Le Duc, Doufon, Heile of Salisbury, Mr. Isaac, Kirhammer, Lally, Charles Lewis, Moore, Nicholson, Orlebar, Pawley, Pemberton, Porter of Derby, Putnum of Coventry, Polhampton, Du Ruelle, Rogos, Serancour, Le Sac, Smith of Dublin, Senesvelt, Shirley, etc. — a who's-who of the early-18th-century English dancing-master profession. Six dances notated (engraved in Beauchamp-Feuillet 'character'): (1) THE RICHMOND — dedicated to Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond; (2) THE FAVOURITE — Mr. Isaac's signature 1706 ball-dance; (3) THE RONDEAU — rondeau-form ball-dance (ABACADA refrain pattern); (4) THE SPANHEIM — Spanheim/Manheim/Stmanheim variant readings (also referenced in the 1709 Birthday Dances cover-list as 'Spanheim'); (5) THE RIGADOON — Mr. Isaac's 1706 Rigadoon (DISTINCT from H-BAR-RIG-F0002 'Rigadoon Royal' of 1711); (6) BRITANNIA — Mr. Isaac's most-famous court ball-dance; the title-piece of the Collection. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: This is the FIRST PUBLICATION OF BEAUCHAMP-FEUILLET NOTATION IN ENGLISH. Weaver published his English translation of Feuillet's *Choregraphie* (1700) in the same year, 1706, establishing the Beauchamp-Feuillet notation system for English-speaking dancing-masters. Together with the LOC-1709-ISAAC Birthday Dances series (Royal Portuguez, Princess, Royall Gailliarde, Rigadoon Royal, Royall, Royal Ann, Northumberland, Pastorall, Godolphin, Friendship), the 1706 Collection constitutes the foundational English court-dance corpus.Year: 1706Family: weaver-isaacCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Mr. ISAAC (composer; Master of Dance to the Princesses Mary and Anne; b. c.1640, d. c.1722) / John Weaver (notator; b. c.1673 Shrewsbury, d. c.1760; the leading English Beauchamp-Feuillet advocate of his generation) / Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Walsh, Bookseller in the Strand. London, 1706. Source: archive.org identifier acollectionball00paisgoog (Google Books scan, presumed Paisley Free Library copy). Dedicated 'To His Grace the Duke of Richmond' (Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1672-1723, natural son of Charles II by Louise de Kérouaille, who had received first encouragement and subscription support from Weaver). Subscribers list (engraved at front): Bosely of Norwich, Thomas Cavalry, Charlier, Caxton, Cooch, Caron, Courtley, Casin, Christian, Debarges, Delamain of Dublin, Le Duc, Doufon, Heile of Salisbury, Mr. Isaac, Kirhammer, Lally, Charles Lewis, Moore, Nicholson, Orlebar, Pawley, Pemberton, Porter of Derby, Putnum of Coventry, Polhampton, Du Ruelle, Rogos, Serancour, Le Sac, Smith of Dublin, Senesvelt, Shirley, etc. — a who's-who of the early-18th-century English dancing-master profession. Six dances notated (engraved in Beauchamp-Feuillet 'character'): (1) THE RICHMOND — dedicated to Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond; (2) THE FAVOURITE — Mr. Isaac's signature 1706 ball-dance; (3) THE RONDEAU — rondeau-form ball-dance (ABACADA refrain pattern); (4) THE SPANHEIM — Spanheim/Manheim/Stmanheim variant readings (also referenced in the 1709 Birthday Dances cover-list as 'Spanheim'); (5) THE RIGADOON — Mr. Isaac's 1706 Rigadoon (DISTINCT from H-BAR-RIG-F0002 'Rigadoon Royal' of 1711); (6) BRITANNIA — Mr. Isaac's most-famous court ball-dance; the title-piece of the Collection. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: This is the FIRST PUBLICATION OF BEAUCHAMP-FEUILLET NOTATION IN ENGLISH. Weaver published his English translation of Feuillet's *Choregraphie* (1700) in the same year, 1706, establishing the Beauchamp-Feuillet notation system for English-speaking dancing-masters. Together with the LOC-1709-ISAAC Birthday Dances series (Royal Portuguez, Princess, Royall Gailliarde, Rigadoon Royal, Royall, Royal Ann, Northumberland, Pastorall, Godolphin, Friendship), the 1706 Collection constitutes the foundational English court-dance corpus. (1706). Imported from local collection.