Historical SourcePublic Domain
Hart's Royal Mazourkas / Hart's First Set of Mazurkas (Joseph Hart, London, c.1830)
Publisher: Composed five-figure mazurka quadrille by Joseph Hart, published in London c.1828-1831 (most likely 1830). Dating evidence: nine British newspaper advertisements 1830-1831 documenting the publication, plus the inclusion of 'The Duke of Devonshire's Favorite' as the third figure music — William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1811-1858), Ambassador Extraordinary to the Russian Empire 1826 (the year after Nicholas I became Czar), who is believed to have brought the mazurka back from his Russian visits, placing the Hart publication within 4-6 years of the Devonshire-Russia ambassadorial connection. Cover of Powers' copy is missing; subsequent pages titled 'Hart's 1st Set of Mazurkas' at the bottom (similarly to Hart's Royal Gallopades 1829, also called Hart's 1st Set of Gallopades on subsequent pages). Square-set position (ladies on the right of partners; first/third couples opposite second/fourth). Five figures with Coquette Finale framing: First Figure (heel-stamp + hop / common waltz-step set / 8-bar preparation phrase), Second Figure (first-couple centre advance / 4-couple sequential rotation), Third Figure (circle waltz / ladies-chain-double-with-waltz-step / first-couple lead inside), Fourth Figure (right-hand turn / partner exchange / 'knocking the right foot against the left to mark time' Mazourka rhythmic accent), Fifth Figure / Coquette Finale (lady-claps + centre-round, partner mirrors, Promenade Waltz close). Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/Harts_Royal_Mazourkas.txt — 34 lines OCR; cover missing but five named figures with explicit step instruction preserved). Has_Step_Detail = Partial (explicit foot direction + waltz-step references; pre-Cellarius mid-Victorian English mazurka vocabulary; no CBM/sway/rise-and-fall — pre-Silvester technical nomenclature). The first Joseph Hart umbrella canonical for his Royal Mazourkas in the corpus; predates Coulon 1844's Royal Devonshire Mazourka (H-GAB-MAZ-F0083) by 14 years and Seaton 1852's Polish/Russian/Royal Devonshire Mazourkas (H-GAB-MAZ-F0117 through F0120) by 22 years.Year: 1830Family: powers-c1830-hart-royalmazourkasCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Composed five-figure mazurka quadrille by Joseph Hart, published in London c.1828-1831 (most likely 1830). Dating evidence: nine British newspaper advertisements 1830-1831 documenting the publication, plus the inclusion of 'The Duke of Devonshire's Favorite' as the third figure music — William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1811-1858), Ambassador Extraordinary to the Russian Empire 1826 (the year after Nicholas I became Czar), who is believed to have brought the mazurka back from his Russian visits, placing the Hart publication within 4-6 years of the Devonshire-Russia ambassadorial connection. Cover of Powers' copy is missing; subsequent pages titled 'Hart's 1st Set of Mazurkas' at the bottom (similarly to Hart's Royal Gallopades 1829, also called Hart's 1st Set of Gallopades on subsequent pages). Square-set position (ladies on the right of partners; first/third couples opposite second/fourth). Five figures with Coquette Finale framing: First Figure (heel-stamp + hop / common waltz-step set / 8-bar preparation phrase), Second Figure (first-couple centre advance / 4-couple sequential rotation), Third Figure (circle waltz / ladies-chain-double-with-waltz-step / first-couple lead inside), Fourth Figure (right-hand turn / partner exchange / 'knocking the right foot against the left to mark time' Mazourka rhythmic accent), Fifth Figure / Coquette Finale (lady-claps + centre-round, partner mirrors, Promenade Waltz close). Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/Harts_Royal_Mazourkas.txt — 34 lines OCR; cover missing but five named figures with explicit step instruction preserved). Has_Step_Detail = Partial (explicit foot direction + waltz-step references; pre-Cellarius mid-Victorian English mazurka vocabulary; no CBM/sway/rise-and-fall — pre-Silvester technical nomenclature). The first Joseph Hart umbrella canonical for his Royal Mazourkas in the corpus; predates Coulon 1844's Royal Devonshire Mazourka (H-GAB-MAZ-F0083) by 14 years and Seaton 1852's Polish/Russian/Royal Devonshire Mazourkas (H-GAB-MAZ-F0117 through F0120) by 22 years. (1830). Imported from local collection.