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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in Again Let's Be Merry

Caledonian Country Dances

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Tod's AssemblyJohnson ~1748
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

Again Let's Be Merry

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

A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 3rd

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Black Boy AlleyJohnson 1744
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

The Dancing Master, 10th ed.

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Devonshire House ~ CookHenry Playford 1698
Tom Cook 1979
Colin HumeDuple Minor

The Dancing Master, 9th ed.

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

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

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Fair and SoftlyJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1731

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Scotch BillyWalsh 1731
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1715

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
PortabellaWalsh 1715
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

The Dancing Master, 4th ed.

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

The Dancing Master, 7th ed.

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
HaphazardJohn Playford 1686
Tom Cook (mod) 1979
no musicDuple Minor

Country Dances: Being a Composition Entirely New

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

The Dancing Master, Vol. the Second

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Belgia Retriev'dJohn Young 1710
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1711

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

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1716

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Kingston HoyNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Sylvia's SerenadeNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

The Compleat Country Dancing-Master Book 2, 3rd Ed.

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Dam it ~ CookWalsh 1740
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Wright's Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, Vol. 1

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

Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1772

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The InstallationThompson 1772
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Ball
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol 3

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Fairy PrinceThompson ~1773
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
20205

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