Historical SourcePublic Domain
Le Bronco / The Bronco — Schottische Variation (Prof. J. F. Davis, late-19th-c.)
Publisher: Prof. J. F. Davis, composer. Single-figure composed schottische variation with distinctive 2-3-3 hemiola timing. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/Bronco.txt — 17 lines OCR). From Powers' curatorial note: 'This is an especially interesting late-century schottische variation, with a 2-3-3 hemiola timing. It isn't found in many other dance manuals so we're offering this scan of the original description and music.' Tempo: 30 measures per minute, movement a-la-waltz rotary. Two-part composed sequence: PART FIRST (2 measures) — commence left foot. Glide directly backward two steps (counts 1-2). Glide backward again (left foot) and begin turning a-la-Ripple (counts 3 & 4 & 5 — 6 & 7 & 8 —), transferring weight from left to right at count 6. PART SECOND (2 measures) — continue rotary motion a-la-Waltz: counts 1 & 2 —, 3 & 4 —, 5 & 6 —, 7 & 8 —. Note: reverse 'ad lib' in rotary form. Lady begins with right foot stepping forward. Directions written for the gentleman. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: rare example of a late-Victorian American composed schottische with explicit hemiola-in-2-3-3 rhythmic counting — the 2-3-3 bar-subdivision pattern anticipates the ragtime-era syncopation that would reshape American social dance in the 1900s-1910s. Davis is otherwise unattested in the corpus — this is his only surviving dance-pamphlet attestation. The 'a-la-Ripple' annotation at count 3 refers to the Ripple Step that was part of the late-19th-c. exhibition-waltz vocabulary; the 'a-la-Waltz' Part Second annotation confirms the dance's rotary-waltz character despite its schottische-time (30 mpm) tempo marking. The exact date is uncertain — Powers describes it as 'late-century' (late 19th c.), estimated here as c.1890 based on the hemiola-counting style and the 'Ripple' vocabulary. Has_Step_Detail=Partial: ampersand-subdivision beat counting and foot-direction prose without CBM/sway/rise-and-fall notation.Year: 1890Family: davis-broncoCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Prof. J. F. Davis, composer. Single-figure composed schottische variation with distinctive 2-3-3 hemiola timing. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/Bronco.txt — 17 lines OCR). From Powers' curatorial note: 'This is an especially interesting late-century schottische variation, with a 2-3-3 hemiola timing. It isn't found in many other dance manuals so we're offering this scan of the original description and music.' Tempo: 30 measures per minute, movement a-la-waltz rotary. Two-part composed sequence: PART FIRST (2 measures) — commence left foot. Glide directly backward two steps (counts 1-2). Glide backward again (left foot) and begin turning a-la-Ripple (counts 3 & 4 & 5 — 6 & 7 & 8 —), transferring weight from left to right at count 6. PART SECOND (2 measures) — continue rotary motion a-la-Waltz: counts 1 & 2 —, 3 & 4 —, 5 & 6 —, 7 & 8 —. Note: reverse 'ad lib' in rotary form. Lady begins with right foot stepping forward. Directions written for the gentleman. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: rare example of a late-Victorian American composed schottische with explicit hemiola-in-2-3-3 rhythmic counting — the 2-3-3 bar-subdivision pattern anticipates the ragtime-era syncopation that would reshape American social dance in the 1900s-1910s. Davis is otherwise unattested in the corpus — this is his only surviving dance-pamphlet attestation. The 'a-la-Ripple' annotation at count 3 refers to the Ripple Step that was part of the late-19th-c. exhibition-waltz vocabulary; the 'a-la-Waltz' Part Second annotation confirms the dance's rotary-waltz character despite its schottische-time (30 mpm) tempo marking. The exact date is uncertain — Powers describes it as 'late-century' (late 19th c.), estimated here as c.1890 based on the hemiola-counting style and the 'Ripple' vocabulary. Has_Step_Detail=Partial: ampersand-subdivision beat counting and foot-direction prose without CBM/sway/rise-and-fall notation. (1890). Imported from local collection.