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Contradanzas que se han de bayiar en el Theatro de esta Ciudad en los Bayles de Mascara del Carnaval de 1768. Con su Musica y explicacion de figuras (Rivas & Torrents, Barcelona 1768)
Publisher: Rafael Rivas y Segismundo Torrents (Mons, Maestros y Directores del Theatro de la Ciudad de Barcelona); Barcelona: Por Thomas Piferrer, Impresor del Rey, Plaza del Angel, 1768. Con Superior Permiso. Two orchestras listed (Primera Orquesta: violines Antonio dos, Joseph Fabregas, Baptista Soler, etc. + baxos, clarines, oboes; Segunda Orquesta: Joseph Bosquets, Juan Bosquets, etc.). Source: BNE (Biblioteca Nacional de España) scan. DATA/LIBRARY_OF_DANCE/ABBYY TXT/1768-Rivas-Contradanzas_(BNE).txt (576 lines OCR; Spanish/Catalan 18c print with typical long-s noise + numerical OCR confusion, e.g. '9' appearing twice for the #8/#9 sequence Stranburg/Isabelita). STRUCTURE: 44 numbered named figured contradanzas composed for the 1768 Carnival masquerade balls; each is tagged INGLESA (English-style) or FRANCESA (French-style), reflecting the late-18c Barcelona theatre-stage convention of distinguishing the two European contradanza traditions. Per-dance format: numbered title with nationality; Primera/Segunda/Tercera/Quarta Parte sub-sections in Spanish with standard contradanza vocabulary (cadena, balance, rigodon, rueda, allemanda, media cadena, media cruz, chaze, glisse, ocho, paso de fandango, cadena de seguidillas). OCR is clean for items 1-23 and item 44 (Estocada — the closing sword-thrust contradanza danced 'a quatro de frente'); items 24-43 fell to OCR dropout and are deferred for manual review. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: pre-dates Monsort 1769 Valencia by 1 year as the earliest Spanish contradanza publication of the 1768-1775 pre-revolutionary decade. Barcelona + Valencia + Madrid constitute the tri-metro Iberian contradanza axis of the late 1760s. Three direct Rosettas to Monsort 1769: La Inglesa Nueva (Rivas #2 = Monsort #13 abierta), La Constante (Rivas #20 = Monsort #1 cerrada), La Miscelania (Rivas #23 = Monsort #23 La Miscelanea). Documents the independent Barcelona maestros (Rivas, Torrents) composing carnival contradanzas parallel to Monsort (Valencia) and Iról-Minguet (Madrid). Has_Step_Detail = None (figure-level Parte instructions only; no per-step foot-position/castanet/sway narrative).Year: 1768Family: rivasCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Rafael Rivas y Segismundo Torrents (Mons, Maestros y Directores del Theatro de la Ciudad de Barcelona); Barcelona: Por Thomas Piferrer, Impresor del Rey, Plaza del Angel, 1768. Con Superior Permiso. Two orchestras listed (Primera Orquesta: violines Antonio dos, Joseph Fabregas, Baptista Soler, etc. + baxos, clarines, oboes; Segunda Orquesta: Joseph Bosquets, Juan Bosquets, etc.). Source: BNE (Biblioteca Nacional de España) scan. DATA/LIBRARY_OF_DANCE/ABBYY TXT/1768-Rivas-Contradanzas_(BNE).txt (576 lines OCR; Spanish/Catalan 18c print with typical long-s noise + numerical OCR confusion, e.g. '9' appearing twice for the #8/#9 sequence Stranburg/Isabelita). STRUCTURE: 44 numbered named figured contradanzas composed for the 1768 Carnival masquerade balls; each is tagged INGLESA (English-style) or FRANCESA (French-style), reflecting the late-18c Barcelona theatre-stage convention of distinguishing the two European contradanza traditions. Per-dance format: numbered title with nationality; Primera/Segunda/Tercera/Quarta Parte sub-sections in Spanish with standard contradanza vocabulary (cadena, balance, rigodon, rueda, allemanda, media cadena, media cruz, chaze, glisse, ocho, paso de fandango, cadena de seguidillas). OCR is clean for items 1-23 and item 44 (Estocada — the closing sword-thrust contradanza danced 'a quatro de frente'); items 24-43 fell to OCR dropout and are deferred for manual review. HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: pre-dates Monsort 1769 Valencia by 1 year as the earliest Spanish contradanza publication of the 1768-1775 pre-revolutionary decade. Barcelona + Valencia + Madrid constitute the tri-metro Iberian contradanza axis of the late 1760s. Three direct Rosettas to Monsort 1769: La Inglesa Nueva (Rivas #2 = Monsort #13 abierta), La Constante (Rivas #20 = Monsort #1 cerrada), La Miscelania (Rivas #23 = Monsort #23 La Miscelanea). Documents the independent Barcelona maestros (Rivas, Torrents) composing carnival contradanzas parallel to Monsort (Valencia) and Iról-Minguet (Madrid). Has_Step_Detail = None (figure-level Parte instructions only; no per-step foot-position/castanet/sway narrative). (1768). Imported from local collection.