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Cotillons or French Dances, with Proper Figures as Danc'd at Court and in Publick (Longman, Lukey & Co., London 1768)
Publisher: Longman, Lukey & Co. / London 1768. Source: Vaughan Williams Memorial Library scan 1768-Longman-Cotillons_(VWML).txt (162 lines OCR; thin — title-card and figure-narrative only, the music plates did not OCR). Early English-press cotillon collection codifying the French-style cotillon for the English dancing-master profession. Catalogue of nine 'Changes of the following Cotillons' (standard cotillon Change-figures, the 'principal Figure of every Dance to be repeated between each Change'): (1) Turn your Partner with both hands; (2) Four Ladies hands across; (3) Four Gentlemen hands across; (4) Four Ladies hands round; (5) Four Gentlemen hands round; (6) L'Allemande; (7) La Chaine; (8) La Promenade; (9) All round. STRUCTURE: numbered cotillons Cotillon I through at least Cotillon XXIV, each with a French descriptive title. OCR-identifiable titles: Cotillon V La Sorciere ('The Sorceress'), Cotillon XIV Le Charlatan ('The Charlatan'), Cotillon XXIV Le Cavalier ('The Cavalier' — distinctive 5-gentlemen / 4-ladies formation with a solo Gentleman in the center, 'NB: The Gentleman in the middle may be left out'). Typical figure-vocabulary: All round, four lead up, fall back, Ballance, four round; Chassez a quatre, threaten with one Finger, clap hands three times; queu de Chassez; hands across four; Chaine Angloise / demi-chaine; Rigadoon step; lead up to the middle, turn under Arm, make a whole round. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: Predates the canonical Parisian 1768-69 Landrin / Guillaume / Hante contredanse collections (LOC-1769-GUILLAUME, LOC-1768-LANDRIN) by 1-2 years — documents the first English-press reception of the Parisian cotillon repertoire in its formative late-1760s moment. The named cotillons — La Sorciere, Le Charlatan, Le Cavalier — indicate Longman's sourcing from the Parisian character-cotillon tradition that also produced the Landrin collections. ROSETTA VALUE: introduces canonicals for three named cotillons; L'Allemande / La Chaine / La Promenade / Change-figures cross-reference the canonical cotillon Change-vocabulary already in corpus (Guillaume 1769, Monsort 1769, Marset 1774). Has_Step_Detail=No (figure-narrative only, no step-level detail).Year: 1768Family: longmanCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Longman, Lukey & Co. / London 1768. Source: Vaughan Williams Memorial Library scan 1768-Longman-Cotillons_(VWML).txt (162 lines OCR; thin — title-card and figure-narrative only, the music plates did not OCR). Early English-press cotillon collection codifying the French-style cotillon for the English dancing-master profession. Catalogue of nine 'Changes of the following Cotillons' (standard cotillon Change-figures, the 'principal Figure of every Dance to be repeated between each Change'): (1) Turn your Partner with both hands; (2) Four Ladies hands across; (3) Four Gentlemen hands across; (4) Four Ladies hands round; (5) Four Gentlemen hands round; (6) L'Allemande; (7) La Chaine; (8) La Promenade; (9) All round. STRUCTURE: numbered cotillons Cotillon I through at least Cotillon XXIV, each with a French descriptive title. OCR-identifiable titles: Cotillon V La Sorciere ('The Sorceress'), Cotillon XIV Le Charlatan ('The Charlatan'), Cotillon XXIV Le Cavalier ('The Cavalier' — distinctive 5-gentlemen / 4-ladies formation with a solo Gentleman in the center, 'NB: The Gentleman in the middle may be left out'). Typical figure-vocabulary: All round, four lead up, fall back, Ballance, four round; Chassez a quatre, threaten with one Finger, clap hands three times; queu de Chassez; hands across four; Chaine Angloise / demi-chaine; Rigadoon step; lead up to the middle, turn under Arm, make a whole round. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: Predates the canonical Parisian 1768-69 Landrin / Guillaume / Hante contredanse collections (LOC-1769-GUILLAUME, LOC-1768-LANDRIN) by 1-2 years — documents the first English-press reception of the Parisian cotillon repertoire in its formative late-1760s moment. The named cotillons — La Sorciere, Le Charlatan, Le Cavalier — indicate Longman's sourcing from the Parisian character-cotillon tradition that also produced the Landrin collections. ROSETTA VALUE: introduces canonicals for three named cotillons; L'Allemande / La Chaine / La Promenade / Change-figures cross-reference the canonical cotillon Change-vocabulary already in corpus (Guillaume 1769, Monsort 1769, Marset 1774). Has_Step_Detail=No (figure-narrative only, no step-level detail). (1768). Imported from local collection.