Payne's 1st Set of Quadrilles

Payne's 1st Set of Quadrilles

Author: Edward Payne

Year: 1815

Payne's Quadrilles, viz, Le Pantalon, L'Ete, La Poulle, La Trenise, et La Finale, with their proper figures in French & English, & Directions to each Dance as performed at Almacks & the Nobility's Assemblies. To which is added The Stop Waltz, arranged for the Piano Forte, Harp or Violin. This is the c.1815 first edition of Edward Payne 's influential First Set of Quadrilles. Payne (who died in early 1819) claimed to have been the first person to publish Quadrille Sets in Britain, and in a sense that claim was probably true. It's likely that he was the first to issue the Quadrilles in this specific form. This copy is printed on paper watermarked for 1815, I suspect it probably was printed in 1815 though an early 1816 publication date remains entirely possible. The concept of a Quadrille was not new in 1815, even if the term was relatively unfamiliar; various publications were issued in London throughout the early 19th century with contents identified as Cotillions or French Country Dances , such dances were often Quadrille dances in all but name. An example published by F.J. Klose is available here . The figure sequences known by such names as Pantalon , L'Ete , etc., were already k