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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in The Dancing Master, 9th ed.

16 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Mad MollHenry Playford 1698
Pat Shaw 1963
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mad Moll ~ HumeHenry Playford 1698
Colin Hume 2007
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2011
A Playford Ball
Bare Necessities
Duple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1960
A Playford Ball
Bare Necessities
Duple Minor

18 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Cornish SquireHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2024
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

20 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 1996
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1969
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Playford BallHenry Playford 1695
Henry Playford 1994 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1916
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

24 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Easter TuesdayHenry Playford 1695
Jacqueline Schwab 2004
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Hobb's WeddingHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2007
Colin HumeDuple Minor
A Kissing Dance in the Country WakeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2007
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ GibsonHenry Playford 1695
Jean Gibson 1995
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Young's Delight ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeDuple Minor

28 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
From Aberdeen ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook 1991
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
From Aberdeen ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2016
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ BroadbridgeHenry Playford 1695
Nicolas Broadbridge 1996 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ SimonsHenry Playford 1695
A. Simons 1973 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor

32 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Arundel StreetHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2020
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook 1991
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1968
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mad Robin ~ KitchHenry Playford 1695
Jim Kitch ~1993
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mad Robin ~ Playford BallHenry Playford 1695
Henry Playford 1994 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mad Robin ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1922
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Lane's Maggot ~ Andrew ShawHenry Playford 1695
Andrew Shaw 2009
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Mr. Lane's Maggot ~ DupleHenry Playford 1695
Scott Pfitzinger 2019
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Lane's Maggot ~ PfitzingerHenry Playford 1695
Scott Pfitzinger 2019
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ FeyerabendHenry Playford 1695
Christine Feyerabend ~2010
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Pye CornerHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2020
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Spanish JiggHenry Playford 1695
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1978 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Whitney's FarewellHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2021
Colin HumeDuple Minor

48 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Red-House ~ CottonHenry Playford 1695
Fredrick Cotton ~2000
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Red-House ~ Hume#1Henry Playford 1695
Colin Hume ~2000
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Red-House ~ Hume#2Henry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2024
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Red-House ~ KennediesHenry Playford 1695
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

64 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Huntington's MaggotHenry Playford 1695
Bernard Bentley 1971
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
383838

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