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The Corporation
Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in A new Additional Sheet to the Dancing Master (John Playford, 1688, London)

An online copy of the original may be found here.

Table of Contents

English Country Dance

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Bonney Dundee #1Henry Playford 1688
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
Bonny Dundee #1Henry Playford 1688
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
The GarterHenry Playford 1688
Tom Cook ~1980
no musicDuple Minor
Maids Morris ~ HumeHenry Playford 1688
Colin Hume 2014 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Maids Morris ~ SharpHenry Playford 1688
Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The MaskHenry Playford 1688
Colin Hume ~1992
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
553

This list contains all dances in the book which I have animated (and which first appeared in this edition of the Dancing Master) for a complete list of dances in the book see here.

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