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The Complete System of English Country Dancing, containing all the Figures ever used in English Country Dancing (Wilson, 2nd ed., 1820)
Publisher: Thomas Wilson, Teacher of Dancing, From the King's Theatre Opera House / Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster Row, London (2nd edition; the 1st ed. is LOC-1815-WILSON). Source: DATA/LIBRARY_OF_DANCE/TXT/1820-Wilson-Complete_(Arc).txt (5,719 lines OCR; Internet Archive scan). 5y forward-confirmation Rosetta of the Wilson ECD figure-system 1st->2nd edition; identical figure-vocabulary persistence demonstrates 1815-1820 stability of Wilson's English-Country-Dance pedagogical canon. Wilson's other works also distributed by Sherwood Neely and Jones include Analysis of Country Dancing, Treasures of Terpsichore, Quadrille and Ecossoise Instructors, Correct Method of German and French Waltzing, New Circular System of English Country Dancing, Companion to the Ball Room, Quadrille Panorama. Significance: completes the Wilson chain LOC-1808-WILSON (Analysis 1st ed.) -> LOC-1811-WILSON (Analysis 3rd ed.) -> LOC-1815-WILSON (Complete System 1st ed.) -> LOC-1816-WILSON (Treasures of Terpsichore 2nd ed.) -> LOC-1820-WILSON-COMPLETE (Complete System 2nd ed.) -> LOC-1822-WILSON-QUAD (Quadrille and Cotillion Panorama 2nd ed.) -> LOC-1824-WILSON-DANCIAD (Danciad). Wilson 1820 reuses the entire figure inventory of Wilson 1815 — the body text, figure-classes, deportment essay, etiquette, and ECD-music tables are unchanged. Has_Step_Detail=Partial: figure-vocabulary descriptions with Chasse-Jette-Assemble step-counts and 2-bar / 4-bar / 8-bar music-quantity assignments, but no full per-position foot-work / rise-and-fall / CBM treatment.Year: 1820Family: wilson-completeCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Thomas Wilson, Teacher of Dancing, From the King's Theatre Opera House / Sherwood, Neely and Jones, Paternoster Row, London (2nd edition; the 1st ed. is LOC-1815-WILSON). Source: DATA/LIBRARY_OF_DANCE/TXT/1820-Wilson-Complete_(Arc).txt (5,719 lines OCR; Internet Archive scan). 5y forward-confirmation Rosetta of the Wilson ECD figure-system 1st->2nd edition; identical figure-vocabulary persistence demonstrates 1815-1820 stability of Wilson's English-Country-Dance pedagogical canon. Wilson's other works also distributed by Sherwood Neely and Jones include Analysis of Country Dancing, Treasures of Terpsichore, Quadrille and Ecossoise Instructors, Correct Method of German and French Waltzing, New Circular System of English Country Dancing, Companion to the Ball Room, Quadrille Panorama. Significance: completes the Wilson chain LOC-1808-WILSON (Analysis 1st ed.) -> LOC-1811-WILSON (Analysis 3rd ed.) -> LOC-1815-WILSON (Complete System 1st ed.) -> LOC-1816-WILSON (Treasures of Terpsichore 2nd ed.) -> LOC-1820-WILSON-COMPLETE (Complete System 2nd ed.) -> LOC-1822-WILSON-QUAD (Quadrille and Cotillion Panorama 2nd ed.) -> LOC-1824-WILSON-DANCIAD (Danciad). Wilson 1820 reuses the entire figure inventory of Wilson 1815 — the body text, figure-classes, deportment essay, etiquette, and ECD-music tables are unchanged. Has_Step_Detail=Partial: figure-vocabulary descriptions with Chasse-Jette-Assemble step-counts and 2-bar / 4-bar / 8-bar music-quantity assignments, but no full per-position foot-work / rise-and-fall / CBM treatment. (1820). Imported from local collection.