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Johann Rost: Tanzkunst Conduite addressed to Louis Bonin (Leipzig, April 1713)
Publisher: Leipzig 1713 (attributed imprint, HAB Wolfenbuettel hn-220). Johann Rost (student). Dedicated to Louis (Ludwig) Bonin, Leipzig Tanzmeister (fl. 1700-1720, author of Die neueste Art zur galanten und galantesten Conduite). Attributed imprint Leipzig 1713 (HAB Wolfenbüttel holding, signature hn-220, purl: http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/hn-220/). Source: DATA/LIBRARY_OF_DANCE/ABBYY TXT/1713-Rost-Von_(WDB).txt (413KB; very substantial German-Fraktur OCR with characteristic long-s and ligature noise). STRUCTURE: preface (dedication to Bonin dated April 1713, MDZDYLB) + prose-treatise body organized by numbered paragraphs (§§1-75+) on topics of galante Conduite und Tanzkunst. KEY CATALOG (§4): 'den Anfang machet die Courante, welche entweder simple oder figuriret; hernach folget die Menuet, und ist entweder gemein oder figuriret, als Menuet en quatre, en huit &c., Menuet Anjou, darauf kommen Passepied nouveaux, Passepied Royal und andere Arten von Passepieds, item die Bourrée mit unterschiedenen Figuren, La Fourlane, La Conty, oder la Vénitienne, La petite Mariée, la grande Mariée, oder la Colinette, La Pavanne nouvelle (welchen ich beyfüge La Pavane des Saisons), Aimable Vainceur, La Bavette, La Matelotte (La Madalena), La Bourgogne, La Contredanse, La Plaisante, Le Rigaudon des Vaisseaux, Le Rigaudon d'Alliance, Le Rigaudon de la paix, und anderes mehr.' §5 adds theatrical dances: Giguen, Sarabanden, Chaquonen, Entreen. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: (1) the SYSTEMATIC CATALOG of Leipzig-received Baroque French noble dances ca. 1713 — arguably the most detailed PRE-RAMEAU (1725) named-dance enumeration in any language; (2) BACKDATING evidence for 'Menuet en quatre' and 'Menuet en huit' formations from Feldtenstein 1772 (59-year backdate); for 'La grande Mariée' from Gallini 1772 (59y); for 'La Plaisante' from Guillaume 1769 (56y); (3) cross-attests the Pecour 1706 IVe-Ve Recueil Rigaudons (des Vaisseaux / d'Alliance / de la Paix) and the Pecour 1700 Pavane des Saisons, Aimable Vainqueur, Passepied Nouveau; (4) BONIN-ROST student-to-master dedication documents the Leipzig-dancing-master lineage Behr 1709 → Rost/Bonin 1713 → Taubert 1717. Has_Step_Detail = No: purely theoretical-pedagogical prose; no Feuillet-style step tables. Registered with 7 NEW canonicals (unique Rost-attested dances not previously in corpus) and 21 Rosetta appearances across existing canonicals.Year: 1713Family: rostCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Leipzig 1713 (attributed imprint, HAB Wolfenbuettel hn-220). Johann Rost (student). Dedicated to Louis (Ludwig) Bonin, Leipzig Tanzmeister (fl. 1700-1720, author of Die neueste Art zur galanten und galantesten Conduite). Attributed imprint Leipzig 1713 (HAB Wolfenbüttel holding, signature hn-220, purl: http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/hn-220/). Source: DATA/LIBRARY_OF_DANCE/ABBYY TXT/1713-Rost-Von_(WDB).txt (413KB; very substantial German-Fraktur OCR with characteristic long-s and ligature noise). STRUCTURE: preface (dedication to Bonin dated April 1713, MDZDYLB) + prose-treatise body organized by numbered paragraphs (§§1-75+) on topics of galante Conduite und Tanzkunst. KEY CATALOG (§4): 'den Anfang machet die Courante, welche entweder simple oder figuriret; hernach folget die Menuet, und ist entweder gemein oder figuriret, als Menuet en quatre, en huit &c., Menuet Anjou, darauf kommen Passepied nouveaux, Passepied Royal und andere Arten von Passepieds, item die Bourrée mit unterschiedenen Figuren, La Fourlane, La Conty, oder la Vénitienne, La petite Mariée, la grande Mariée, oder la Colinette, La Pavanne nouvelle (welchen ich beyfüge La Pavane des Saisons), Aimable Vainceur, La Bavette, La Matelotte (La Madalena), La Bourgogne, La Contredanse, La Plaisante, Le Rigaudon des Vaisseaux, Le Rigaudon d'Alliance, Le Rigaudon de la paix, und anderes mehr.' §5 adds theatrical dances: Giguen, Sarabanden, Chaquonen, Entreen. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: (1) the SYSTEMATIC CATALOG of Leipzig-received Baroque French noble dances ca. 1713 — arguably the most detailed PRE-RAMEAU (1725) named-dance enumeration in any language; (2) BACKDATING evidence for 'Menuet en quatre' and 'Menuet en huit' formations from Feldtenstein 1772 (59-year backdate); for 'La grande Mariée' from Gallini 1772 (59y); for 'La Plaisante' from Guillaume 1769 (56y); (3) cross-attests the Pecour 1706 IVe-Ve Recueil Rigaudons (des Vaisseaux / d'Alliance / de la Paix) and the Pecour 1700 Pavane des Saisons, Aimable Vainqueur, Passepied Nouveau; (4) BONIN-ROST student-to-master dedication documents the Leipzig-dancing-master lineage Behr 1709 → Rost/Bonin 1713 → Taubert 1717. Has_Step_Detail = No: purely theoretical-pedagogical prose; no Feuillet-style step tables. Registered with 7 NEW canonicals (unique Rost-attested dances not previously in corpus) and 21 Rosetta appearances across existing canonicals. (1713). Imported from local collection.