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The Corporation
Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances by Ken Sheffield (website)

A Companion to the Ball Room

Haste to the Wedding ~ SheffieldThomas Wilson 1816
Ken Sheffield 1982
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Rural Felicity - WilsonThomas Wilson 1816
Ken Sheffield 1982
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Sicilian DanceThomas Wilson 1816
Ken Sheffield 1982
no musicDuple Minor

Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol 5

The Disbanded Officer ~ SheffieldThompshon 1787
Ken Sheffield 1985
no musicDuple Minor

The Dancing Master, The Third Volume, 2nd ed.

Corelli's Gavot ~ SheffieldJohn Young (Playford family) 1726
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicDuple Minor
Mr. Cosgill's Delight ~ SheffieldJohn Young (Playford family) 1726
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicDuple Minor
Smith's BoreeJohn Young (Playford family) 1726
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicTriple Minor

From Two Barns, Vol 1

Another Sweet RichardKen Sheffield 1982no musicSquare

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol I

Sun AssemblyThompson ~1757
Ken Sheffield 1982 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 4

East IndianThompson 1783
Ken Sheffield 1988 Playford Assembly
Bonnie Insull, Susan McNeil, and Robert WinokurTriple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1774

The Rainbow ~ SheffieldThompson 1774
Ken Sheffield 1983
no musicDuple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1776

Guardian Angels ~ SheffieldThompson 1776
Ken Sheffield 1983
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1778

The Ton ~ SheffieldThompson 1778
Ken Sheffield 1983
Colin HumeDuple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1787

The RompThompson 1787
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicTriple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1716

Kind and Easey ~ SheffieldNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicDuple Minor

Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 8

Jack of Both SidesJohnson ~1750
Ken Sheffield (mod) 1995
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Walsh's Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1710

The Faithful Swain ~ SheffieldNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicDuple Minor

Walsh's Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1711

Vaughan's Ramble ~ SheffieldNathaniel Kynaston 1711
Ken Sheffield 1995
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, Vol. 1

Bath MedleyWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1982
no musicDuple Minor
Butter'd PeaseWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1982
no musicDuple Minor
New Princess RoyalWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1982
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Trusty DickWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1982
no musicDuple Minor
Tunbridge Frisk ~ SheffieldWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1982
no musicTriple Minor
Whirle It AboutWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicDuple Minor
Wright's Butter'd PeasWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1982
no musicDuple Minor
Young's WisdomWright 1740
Ken Sheffield 1982
no musicDuple Minor
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of dances
Number
of interpretations
Number
with music
23233

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