Dances in The Playford Assembly (Graham Christian, 2015)

A Choice Collection of Country Dances

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Dusty Miller - Neal ~ Playford Assembly		John & William Neal 1726 John Young 2015 Playford Assembly	Frank Hoppe	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Ore Boggy		John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Old Wife Behind The Fire		John & William Neal ~1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Ore Boggy		John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Ragg		John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Take a Dance		John & William Neal 1726 Rich Jackson & George Fogg 1990 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 11th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Barham Down ~ Cook		Henry Playford 1701 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly	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 ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1985 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mount Hills ~ Playford Assembly		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley (mod) 1965 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	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 Dancing Master, 17th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Jack's Health ~ Morrison		John Young 1721 James Morrison 1973 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 9th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Maid's Last Wish ~ Playford Assembly		Henry Playford 1695 Tom Cook (mod) 1979 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ Broadbridge		Henry Playford 1695 Nicolas Broadbridge 1996 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ Simons		Henry Playford 1695 A. Simons 1973 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

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

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Come Let's Be Merry		John Young 1726 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

The second Part of the Dancing Master

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bury Fair ~ Christian		Henry Playford 1696 Graham Christian 1999 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1768

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Goose and Gridiron		Thompson 1768 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly	Dave Bartley, Ruthie Dornfeld and Terry Wergeland	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1710

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Shropshire Lass		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

The English Dancing Master

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Row Well, Ye Mariners ~ Bolton		John Playford 1651 Charles Bolton 1992 Playford Assembly	Strong Roots Bare Necessities	Circle as many as will

A new Addition to the Dancing Master

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

Country Dances: Being a Composition Entirely New

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Rosamond's Pond		Thomas Bray 1699 Christine Helwig 1990 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, Vol. the Second

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bar-a-Bar		John Young 1710 Fried de Metz Herman 1986 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Barr a Barr		John Young 1710 Fried de Metz Herman 1986 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1718

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Softly Good Tummas		Nathaniel Kynaston 1718 Andrew Shaw 2002 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The Second Book of The Compleat Country Dancing-Master

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Sally in our Alley		Walsh 1719 Jacqueline Schwab 1987 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The Merry Lad, or, a Choice Collection of Songs

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Red and all Red		Lister 1753 Charles Bolton 1991 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

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