The royal Portuguez
Subtitle: Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majesty's birth day 1709
By: the tune by Mr. Paisible ; engraven in characters & figurs [sic] for the use of masters writ by Mr. de la Garde ... and revis'd by the author ...
Contributors: Paisible, James, 1656?-1721.
Publisher: Printed for I. Walsh & P. Randall ... & I. Hare
Published: 1709
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 14
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.
Other titles: Royal Portuguese
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 fifteen couplet dance begins in 6/4 but changes to "brisk minuet time" on the eleventh couplet. 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 98.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images.
LC copy imperfect: 12th couplet supplied in ms.