This country dance (performed by the Bath Minuet Company) is called "St. James' House" by Thomas Bray, 1699. Bray was not a musician but was a dance master & dance choreographer & the publisher of his collection of 17th century tunes & dance step instructions for these melodies. At least some of the tunes played in these country dances were composed by musician Gottfried Finger (born c. 1660). He sometimes collaborated with composers John Eccles & Daniel Purcell. So the music composer of this melody was possibly any of these 3 gentlemen.
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Very prim and proper. My I have this dance me lady? Fascinating stuff the historical aspect of dance. I always like to do periodic research what music previous generations listened to dance to the beat regardless of social class origination.
Ok, ok, whether or not it may be a minuet, I don't like how they dance. For example, they never use their arms, which were very expressive in the Baroque dances. At the most, this dance can be considered to be a good exercise for cohordination.
Ça ne doit pas être évident de danser avec d'aussi gros paniers pour les robes des femmes. Si mauvais calcul de trajectoire il y a, se rentrer dedans il y aura 😂😂 (certaines robes me semblent un peu trop proche du sol, risque de marcher dessus)
Social dancing (women liked it) of this era was the only low risk way for men and women to interact without harming a womens reputation. Other than at church - this was it. Any other endeavor may spark gossip.
That’s not true. There were many different types of social gatherings where men and women interacted. Women had male friends. The most influential of these women became society hostesses, hosting salons that were frequented by both men and women, who regularly debated and interacted with each other. Madame de Pompadour, for example, ran a successful salon before she became the king’s mistress, and she had numerous male friends from the aristocracy, arts, and intelligentsia - such as Voltaire, and Fragonard (to name but two). Young and old men were also hired to tutor young women in private (and many an affair occurred as a result). Even in the generation after Madame de Pompadour, women had male friends. Marie Antoinette was one such woman who was known to have male friends, as were many other prominent women of the era. Affairs and elopements were common, as were prostitutes and courtesans. Even during the regency period, it was common for men and women to interact, particularly among the upper classes. The only caveat was that men and women usually interacted in other people’s company - it was rarer for men and women to meet one on one, particularly if they were unmarried (though this did happen far more frequently than you’d imagine - for example, in the case of the aforementioned tutors [who often abused their position by seducing, molesting, or having affairs with their students]). So there were a multitude of social engagements where men and women interacted. Even at balls where dancing like this occurred, men and women conversed, gambled, played games, and watched entertainments with each other.
It's not a minuet and it's not claimed to be a minuet. It's a dance from the Bath Minuet Ball which seems to have been a ball with dances performed by the Bath Minuet Company, not a ball in Bath consisting entirely of minuets.
