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Up a double, Siding, Arming
Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

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

Table of Contents

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Coreli's Maggot ~ KennedyJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Ball
Colin HumeDuple Minor
John the Mad Man ~ BentleyJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1965
Colin HumeDuple Minor
John the Mad Man ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2025
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Mr. Cosgill's Delight ~ KennedyJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Ball
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Nobles of BetlyJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Sadler's WellsJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
WalbrookJohn Young ~1726
Colin Hume 2022
Colin HumeDuple Minor

Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
AlbaronyJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2021
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Bulock's HornpipeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2009
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Come Let's Be MerryJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor permutation: 312
Country Courtship ~ 3 CoupleJohn Young ~1726
Pat Shaw
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Country Courtship ~ DupleJohn Young ~1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Fair and SoftlyJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor
Kelsterne GardensJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor permutation: 231
King George's Birth DayJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2024
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Lambeth New WellsJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2025
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 312
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Bolton 1John Young 1726
Charles Bolton 1986
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 312
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Bolton 2John Young 1726
Charles Bolton 1986
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 312
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2016
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1960
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ SharpJohn Young 1726
Cecil Sharp 1916
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nampwich FairJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nampwich Fair ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nantwich Fair ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nantwich Fair ~ P. ShawJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nine ElmsJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeTriple Minor

Triple Minor proper double progression

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Country Courtship ~ HumeJohn Young ~1726Colin HumeTriple Minor

Longways

4 Couple Longways proper

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Fairy Queen - YoungJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2022
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
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