Dances by Henry Playford (website)

An Additional Sheet of New Dances for the Second Part

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Hole in the Wall		Henry Playford 1697 Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 11th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Barham Down ~ Black		Henry Playford 1701 Daisy Black 2019	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Barham Down ~ Cook		Henry Playford 1701 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Barham Down ~ Simons		Henry Playford 1701 A. Simons ~1990	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Barham Down ~ Williams		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2025		Triple Minor
Black Heath		Henry Playford 1701 Fried de Metz Herman 1989	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Blackheath ~ Kliban		Henry Playford 1701 Kalia Kliban 2011	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Cheshire Rounds ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 2000 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Cockle shells ~ (down)		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton (mod) 1985 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Cockle shells ~ (Triple)		Henry Playford 1701	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Cockle shells ~ (up)		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton (mod) 1985	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Cockle shells ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1985 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mount Hills		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mount Hills ~ Playford Assembly		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley (mod) 1965 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
My Lord Byron's Maggot ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw ~1965		Duple Minor
My Lord Byron's Maggot ~ Regency Dances		Henry Playford 1701 Regency Dances		Duple Minor
My Lord Byron's Maggot ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 12th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bloomsberry Market		Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bloomsbury Market		Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Queens-borough		Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Royal Navy		Henry Playford 1703 Andrew Shaw 2009		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 9th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Hobb's Wedding		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2007	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Kensington Court		Henry Playford 1695 Charles Bolton 1985		Duple Minor
A Kissing Dance in the Country Wake		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 2007	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Maid's Last Wish ~ Cook		Henry Playford 1695 Tom Cook (mod) 1979		Duple Minor
The Maid's Last Wish ~ Playford Assembly		Henry Playford 1695 Tom Cook (mod) 1979 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 1996	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1695 Pat Shaw 1969	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Playford Ball		Henry Playford 1695 Henry Playford 1994 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1695 Cecil Sharp 1916	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ Broadbridge		Henry Playford 1695 Nicolas Broadbridge 1996 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ Feyerabend		Henry Playford 1695 Christine Feyerabend ~2010	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1695 Colin Hume 1995	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ Simons		Henry Playford 1695 A. Simons 1973 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

The second Part of the Dancing Master

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bury Fair ~ A. Shaw		Henry Playford 1696 Andrew Shaw 2009	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Bury Fair ~ Christian		Henry Playford 1696 Graham Christian 1999 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Bury Fair ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1696 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

The second Part of the Dancing Master, 2nd ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Europes Revels		Henry Playford 1698 Andrew Shaw 2023		Duple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Apley House ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1702 Pat Shaw 1960	Brett Larsen	Duple Minor
Apley House ~ Playford Ball		Henry Playford 1702 Kate van Winkle Keller & Genevieve Shimer 1994 Playford Ball	Brett Larsen	Duple Minor
Apley House ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1702 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Brett Larsen	Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 7th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Fourpence, Ha'penny, Farthing #1		Henry Playford 1688 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Jockey #1		Henry Playford 1688 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

A new Addition to the Dancing Master

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bellamira ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1689 Charles Bolton 1985	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Bellamira ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1689 Colin Hume 1995	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Bellamira ~ Kennedy		Henry Playford 1689 Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

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