Title: The royal Portuguez
First published: 1709
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.
Subjects: Early works to 1800, Music for Dance, Dance music, Dance, Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals, Study and teaching, Ballroom dancing, Notation for Dance
Places: England
LC classification: GV1589, MT950.P2 R45