Фигура аллеманд в ECD. Утащено из рассылки.
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Paul Cooper, письма от 31 августа и от 1 сентября.
Hi list,
I've just discovered this group, so apologies if I'm repeating an old discussion. I'm trying to research the Allemande figure of the greater-Regency era. I've found documented descriptions of four different variants, just wondering if anyone can supply more information?
What I've found are:
1. The Baroque Allemande. Hands raised and intertwined, as depicted in a 1772 image at a).
2. Wilson's back-to-back Country Dance Allemande, 1808 at b).
3. Wilson's Quadrille Allemande, 1818 at c).
4. Wilson's Pas d'allemande, c.1830 at d).
The Baroque example is from the earlier Allemande Dance, similar to the Minuet. Gallini describes the 1770 Allemande figure as used in his Cotillions at e) as "this figure is performed by interlacing your arms with your partner's in various ways". That description hints at the Baroque Allemande.
Wilson's back-to-back Allemande is the only one that's explicitly for use in Country Dancing. It's more fully described in the 1815 edition at f). It appears to be a basic dos-a-dos figure.
Wilson's Quadrille Allemande is more interesting. He emphasises that it's different from the Country Dance Allemande, and says the Allemande "is performed by the Lady and Gentleman, each crossing their hands behind them - the Gentleman with his right and left hands taking the right and left hands of the Lady, facing different ways, and moving round in a complete Circle". I've not found any evidence for this being used in Country Dancing (except by modern adapters).
Wilson's Pas d'Allemande is the most recent. He says: "The gentleman turns the lady under his arm". Again, I've not found any evidence of this being used in Country Dancing (other than modern adaptions of The Duke of Kent's Waltz, and similar).
There are also at least three "Allemande Cotillions" published in London in the 1770 to 1780 period - by Gallini, Longman & Budd. The most interesting is the c.1770 Longman Allemande Cotillion at g). He says: "The 4 Gentlemen give their right Hand to the next Lady & turn her under the Arm in making a whole round". That sounds a lot like Wilson's Pas d'Allemande, but 60 years earlier.
Gallini's c.1770 Allemande Cotillion is also interesting. He doesn't explain the Allemande figure any further than he did in e) but he does describe a promenade figure with an Allemande like hold at h). This figure hints at the use of Wilson's Quadrille Allemande, but 50 years earlier.
The 1781 Budd Allemande Cotillion can be found at i), but it doesn't offer any new clues.
So four different figures, all sharing the same name, in the same approximate time period. Only one of them is known to be used in Country Dancing, though arguments could be made for using some of the others, depending on context.
Everything I've discovered has been through the magic of Google, my information is therefore limited. I'd be very interested in any additional historically plausible variants that members of this list might be able to add. Can anyone help? Do you know of Allemande variants or clues that Google is yet to index?
Cheers,
Paul.
a) The Allemande Dance, 1772: http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitem.asp?imageId=lwlpr03282
b) An Analysis of Country Dancing, 1808: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=170//musdi170.db&recNum=50
c) The Quadrille and Cotillion Panorama, 1818: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=167/musdi167.db&recNum=15
d) The Fashionable Quadrille Preceptor, c.1830: https://github.com/georgthegreat/dancebooks-bibtex/blob/master/transcriptions/%5B183-,%20uk%5D%20Thomas%20Wilson%20-%20The%20Fashionable%20Quadrille%20Preceptor.md
e) A New Collection of 44 Cotillons, 1770: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ipV0y26Vq8EC&pg=PP5
f) Complete System of English Country Dancing, 1808: http://memory.loc.gov/musdi/168/0037.gif
g) 24 New Cotillons, c.1770: http://library.efdss.org/images/dancebooks/fullsize/92360015.jpg
h) A New Collection of 44 Cotillons, 1770: http://content.lib.utah.edu/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=cjt&CISOPTR=2545&action=2&DMSCALE=55
i) 6 New Minuets 4 Cotillons & 4 Country Dances: http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=3420846&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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I'd also like to know when the Allemande first appears in English Country Dancing. At a quick search, the earliest example I found was 1775. That's in a Skillern & Straight collection at a). It says to "Allemand half round to the right" and later to do the same to the left. I'm sure there are earlier examples, but I suspect not much earlier. Does anyone have an earlier example?
Neither Nicholas Dukes writing in 1752 at b), nor the "A.D." writer in 1764 at c) mention the Allemande, and they both sought to document the entirety of English Country Dancing at their times. So I suspect the Allemande arrived in ECD no earlier than the late 1760s, and more likely the mid 1770s.
The a) reference doesn't appear to be Wilson's Country Dance Allemande (half a back-to-back doesn't really work, they'd simply say to 'cross'), so it presumably refers to one of the Cotillion Allemande figures. Presumably the Allemande originated in the French Cotillions, and evolved from there into English Country Dancing. At some point in the following 30 years the Allemande was simplified into Wilson's back-to-back figure, it was probably a gradual change.
So what does this mean? My theory is that early ECD Allemandes can authentically be danced with Wilson's Quadrille Allemande and Pas d'Allemande figures, despite the lack of clear documentary evidence. But later instances are likely to imply Wilson's back-to-back figure.
Sound reasonable?
Cheers,
Paul.
Картинка традиционно не при чем (почти).
Paul Cooper, письма от 31 августа и от 1 сентября.
Hi list,
I've just discovered this group, so apologies if I'm repeating an old discussion. I'm trying to research the Allemande figure of the greater-Regency era. I've found documented descriptions of four different variants, just wondering if anyone can supply more information?
What I've found are:
1. The Baroque Allemande. Hands raised and intertwined, as depicted in a 1772 image at a).
2. Wilson's back-to-back Country Dance Allemande, 1808 at b).
3. Wilson's Quadrille Allemande, 1818 at c).
4. Wilson's Pas d'allemande, c.1830 at d).
The Baroque example is from the earlier Allemande Dance, similar to the Minuet. Gallini describes the 1770 Allemande figure as used in his Cotillions at e) as "this figure is performed by interlacing your arms with your partner's in various ways". That description hints at the Baroque Allemande.
Wilson's back-to-back Allemande is the only one that's explicitly for use in Country Dancing. It's more fully described in the 1815 edition at f). It appears to be a basic dos-a-dos figure.
Wilson's Quadrille Allemande is more interesting. He emphasises that it's different from the Country Dance Allemande, and says the Allemande "is performed by the Lady and Gentleman, each crossing their hands behind them - the Gentleman with his right and left hands taking the right and left hands of the Lady, facing different ways, and moving round in a complete Circle". I've not found any evidence for this being used in Country Dancing (except by modern adapters).
Wilson's Pas d'Allemande is the most recent. He says: "The gentleman turns the lady under his arm". Again, I've not found any evidence of this being used in Country Dancing (other than modern adaptions of The Duke of Kent's Waltz, and similar).
There are also at least three "Allemande Cotillions" published in London in the 1770 to 1780 period - by Gallini, Longman & Budd. The most interesting is the c.1770 Longman Allemande Cotillion at g). He says: "The 4 Gentlemen give their right Hand to the next Lady & turn her under the Arm in making a whole round". That sounds a lot like Wilson's Pas d'Allemande, but 60 years earlier.
Gallini's c.1770 Allemande Cotillion is also interesting. He doesn't explain the Allemande figure any further than he did in e) but he does describe a promenade figure with an Allemande like hold at h). This figure hints at the use of Wilson's Quadrille Allemande, but 50 years earlier.
The 1781 Budd Allemande Cotillion can be found at i), but it doesn't offer any new clues.
So four different figures, all sharing the same name, in the same approximate time period. Only one of them is known to be used in Country Dancing, though arguments could be made for using some of the others, depending on context.
Everything I've discovered has been through the magic of Google, my information is therefore limited. I'd be very interested in any additional historically plausible variants that members of this list might be able to add. Can anyone help? Do you know of Allemande variants or clues that Google is yet to index?
Cheers,
Paul.
a) The Allemande Dance, 1772: http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitem.asp?imageId=lwlpr03282
b) An Analysis of Country Dancing, 1808: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=170//musdi170.db&recNum=50
c) The Quadrille and Cotillion Panorama, 1818: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=musdi&fileName=167/musdi167.db&recNum=15
d) The Fashionable Quadrille Preceptor, c.1830: https://github.com/georgthegreat/dancebooks-bibtex/blob/master/transcriptions/%5B183-,%20uk%5D%20Thomas%20Wilson%20-%20The%20Fashionable%20Quadrille%20Preceptor.md
e) A New Collection of 44 Cotillons, 1770: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ipV0y26Vq8EC&pg=PP5
f) Complete System of English Country Dancing, 1808: http://memory.loc.gov/musdi/168/0037.gif
g) 24 New Cotillons, c.1770: http://library.efdss.org/images/dancebooks/fullsize/92360015.jpg
h) A New Collection of 44 Cotillons, 1770: http://content.lib.utah.edu/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=cjt&CISOPTR=2545&action=2&DMSCALE=55
i) 6 New Minuets 4 Cotillons & 4 Country Dances: http://bibliotecadigitalhispanica.bne.es/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=3420846&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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I'd also like to know when the Allemande first appears in English Country Dancing. At a quick search, the earliest example I found was 1775. That's in a Skillern & Straight collection at a). It says to "Allemand half round to the right" and later to do the same to the left. I'm sure there are earlier examples, but I suspect not much earlier. Does anyone have an earlier example?
Neither Nicholas Dukes writing in 1752 at b), nor the "A.D." writer in 1764 at c) mention the Allemande, and they both sought to document the entirety of English Country Dancing at their times. So I suspect the Allemande arrived in ECD no earlier than the late 1760s, and more likely the mid 1770s.
The a) reference doesn't appear to be Wilson's Country Dance Allemande (half a back-to-back doesn't really work, they'd simply say to 'cross'), so it presumably refers to one of the Cotillion Allemande figures. Presumably the Allemande originated in the French Cotillions, and evolved from there into English Country Dancing. At some point in the following 30 years the Allemande was simplified into Wilson's back-to-back figure, it was probably a gradual change.
So what does this mean? My theory is that early ECD Allemandes can authentically be danced with Wilson's Quadrille Allemande and Pas d'Allemande figures, despite the lack of clear documentary evidence. But later instances are likely to imply Wilson's back-to-back figure.
Sound reasonable?
Cheers,
Paul.
Картинка традиционно не при чем (почти).