The Godolphin
Subtitle: Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majestys birth day 1714
By: the tune by Mr. Paisible ; engraven in characters & figures for the use of masters writ by Mr. Pemberton ...
Contributors: Paisible, James, 1656?-1721.
Publisher: Printed for I. Walsh ... and I. Hare
Published: 1714
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Dance -- Study and teaching -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Ballroom dancing -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Dance music.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.; Notation for Dance.; Music for Dance.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: 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). The five couplet dance is in duple meter and is dedicated to the Lady Harriot Godolphin, considered to be a "particular good dancer" by E. Pemberton, the notator of the dance. 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: RISM A/I, P 87.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.