Le Carillon D'Oxfort

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Le Carillon D'Oxfort Christ-Church Bells in Oxon
LE CARILLON D’OXFORT Christ-Church Bells in Oxon ×24 ¢ Playford, 1679 ; Feuillet, 1706, Recüeil de Contredanses; Pat Shaw, ~1964, Another Look At Playford DM longways A 1 1 2 2 D R All T R B 1 1 2 2 D L All T L All C 4 2 1 1 2 1

Inspired by Keith Rose's Crib Diagrams.

Le Carillon D'Oxfort is a European Contredanse. It was published by Feuillet in 1706 in Recüeil de Contredanses (Feuillet). It was interpreted by Pat Shaw (website) in about 1964 and published in Six Simple Country Dances. It is a proper Duple Minor dance. The minor set lasts 24 bars.

Playford published an early version of this dance as Chriſt-Church Bells in Oxon in 1679:
Honour to the Presence, then to your we. Lead up all forward and back, that again.
First man turns right-hands with the second wo. once round, and left-hands with his own wo. once round. This ends the first Strain of the Tune.
Second man turns left-hands with the first wo. once round, and right-hands with his own wo. once round. This ends the second Strain.
All four take hands and go once round, then each cu. clap right and left-hands, then the 1.cu. cast off into the 2. cu. places, while the 2. cu. leads up. This ends the third Strain.

Feuillet describes his dances with diagrams:

1st corners right back to back
1s right hand turn
2nd corners left back to back
1s left hand turn
all four circle left once
1s clap and long cast down
as 2s move up the sidelines

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

The dance contains the following figures: hand turn (allemande), circle, cast, lead, back to back, clap/stomp/finger snap

Note: This list may be incorrect or incomplete, also it only shows the figures used by the interpreter, not necessarily the deviser.

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