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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in Again Let's Be Merry

Thomas Bray

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Lover's Luck ~ CookThomas Bray 1699
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor

John Young

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Belgia Retriev'dJohn Young 1710
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor
Fair and SoftlyJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Belgia Retriev'dJohn Young 1710
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

Johnson

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Black Boy AlleyJohnson 1744
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor
Irish Lamentation ~ CookJohnson ~1740
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Tod's AssemblyJohnson ~1748
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

Nathaniel Kynaston

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Despairing LoverNathaniel Kynaston 1711
Tom Cook 1979
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Kingston HoyNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Scotch JemmyNathaniel Kynaston 1711
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Sylvia's SerenadeNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

Henry Playford (website)

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Devonshire House ~ CookHenry Playford 1698
Tom Cook 1979
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Maid's Last Wish ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook (mod) 1979
no musicDuple Minor

John Playford (website)

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
HaphazardJohn Playford 1686
Tom Cook (mod) 1979
no musicDuple Minor
Wallingford HouseJohn Playford 1670
Tom Cook 1979
no music4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413

Thompson

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Fairy PrinceThompson ~1773
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The InstallationThompson 1772
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Ball
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Unknown

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Regent's HornpipeUnknown ~1815
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

Walsh

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Dam it ~ CookWalsh 1740
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
PortabellaWalsh 1715
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Scotch BillyWalsh 1731
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Wright

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Perfections of Love ~ CookWright 1740
Tom Cook 1979
no musicTriple Minor
Perfections of Love ~ WilliamsWright 1740
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
21216

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