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Mr. Isaac — Individual Court Birthday-Dance Broadside Editions (1710–1712)
Publisher: Mr. Isaac (composer; Master of Dance to the Princesses Mary and Anne; b. c.1640, d. c.1722) / engraved in Beauchamp-Feuillet character notation; published London 1710, 1711, 1712 as individual broadside editions. Source: Library of Congress individual LOC Ballroom Text scans: 'The_princess_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day' (1710), 'The_royall_gailliarde_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth' (1710), 'The_rigadoon_royal_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day' (1711), 'The_royall_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day_1711' (1711), 'The_royal_Ann_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day_1712' (1712). CONTEXT: Mr. Isaac's annual Birthday-Dance broadsides published 1709-1715 formed a continuous Queen Anne court-dance series. The LOC-1709-ISAAC umbrella entry already registers all 10 birthday dances as a retrospective canonical collection (H-BAR-VAR-F0016..F0024 + H-BAR-RIG-F0002). This new Syl_ID disaggregates the EARLY-SERIES BROADSIDE EDITIONS — the 5 individual LOC-held broadside scans for 1710 Princess, 1710 Royall Gailliarde, 1711 Rigadoon Royal, 1711 Royall, and 1712 Royal Ann — confirming each as its own discrete print object in the LOC Ballroom Text holdings. VERIFIED-CLONE RELATIONSHIP to LOC-1709-ISAAC: content is byte-equivalent (each LOC broadside engraves the same Feuillet-notation tract as published in the original annual release); this disaggregation follows the year-over-year Rosetta pattern documented for NDCA-24, LOC-1871-WARWICK, and the parallel LOC-1713-ISAAC-BROADSIDES (which handles the late series 1713-1715). HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: the 1710 twin-dance year (Princess + Royall Gailliarde) marks the only Isaac year with two broadsides published simultaneously and documents the breadth of his court-engagement at Queen Anne's apex; the 1711 twin-dance year (Rigadoon Royal + Royall) is the second of two Isaac twin-broadside years, with The Rigadoon Royal subsequently re-attested in Tomlinson 1744 (LOC-1744-TOMLINSON, p.149, turning-direction example) and in LOC-1729-JENYNS (Rigadoon Pas as 'Isaac's Rigadoon'); together 1710-1712 represent the peak of the Mr.-Isaac annual-court-dance commission cycle (Prussian/Williamite court politics: George of Denmark died Oct 1708; Sarah Churchill broke with the Queen Apr 1710; Harley/St-John Tory ministry took over Aug 1710 — yet the dancing-master schedule continued unbroken). Has_Step_Detail=No at the broadside level — step content is in Feuillet character notation (not transcribed at this pass).Year: 1710Family: isaac-broadsidesCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Mr. Isaac (composer; Master of Dance to the Princesses Mary and Anne; b. c.1640, d. c.1722) / engraved in Beauchamp-Feuillet character notation; published London 1710, 1711, 1712 as individual broadside editions. Source: Library of Congress individual LOC Ballroom Text scans: 'The_princess_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day' (1710), 'The_royall_gailliarde_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth' (1710), 'The_rigadoon_royal_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day' (1711), 'The_royall_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day_1711' (1711), 'The_royal_Ann_Mr_Isaacs_new_dance_made_for_Her_Majestys_birth_day_1712' (1712). CONTEXT: Mr. Isaac's annual Birthday-Dance broadsides published 1709-1715 formed a continuous Queen Anne court-dance series. The LOC-1709-ISAAC umbrella entry already registers all 10 birthday dances as a retrospective canonical collection (H-BAR-VAR-F0016..F0024 + H-BAR-RIG-F0002). This new Syl_ID disaggregates the EARLY-SERIES BROADSIDE EDITIONS — the 5 individual LOC-held broadside scans for 1710 Princess, 1710 Royall Gailliarde, 1711 Rigadoon Royal, 1711 Royall, and 1712 Royal Ann — confirming each as its own discrete print object in the LOC Ballroom Text holdings. VERIFIED-CLONE RELATIONSHIP to LOC-1709-ISAAC: content is byte-equivalent (each LOC broadside engraves the same Feuillet-notation tract as published in the original annual release); this disaggregation follows the year-over-year Rosetta pattern documented for NDCA-24, LOC-1871-WARWICK, and the parallel LOC-1713-ISAAC-BROADSIDES (which handles the late series 1713-1715). HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: the 1710 twin-dance year (Princess + Royall Gailliarde) marks the only Isaac year with two broadsides published simultaneously and documents the breadth of his court-engagement at Queen Anne's apex; the 1711 twin-dance year (Rigadoon Royal + Royall) is the second of two Isaac twin-broadside years, with The Rigadoon Royal subsequently re-attested in Tomlinson 1744 (LOC-1744-TOMLINSON, p.149, turning-direction example) and in LOC-1729-JENYNS (Rigadoon Pas as 'Isaac's Rigadoon'); together 1710-1712 represent the peak of the Mr.-Isaac annual-court-dance commission cycle (Prussian/Williamite court politics: George of Denmark died Oct 1708; Sarah Churchill broke with the Queen Apr 1710; Harley/St-John Tory ministry took over Aug 1710 — yet the dancing-master schedule continued unbroken). Has_Step_Detail=No at the broadside level — step content is in Feuillet character notation (not transcribed at this pass). (1710). Imported from local collection.