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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in Another Look At Playford (Pat Shaw, 2012)

12 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Whimbleton House ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1960
no musicDuple Minor

16 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The 29th of May ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1686
Pat Shaw (mod) ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Albion's Queen ~ Pat ShawWalsh 1706
Pat Shaw 1967
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Albion's Queen ~ Playford+Shaw #1Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Albion's Queen ~ Playford+Shaw #2Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Barksheir ~ Pat ShawWalsh 1706
Pat Shaw 1967
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Cobbler's HornpipeHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Dick's Maggot ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1972
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Double the CapeJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1972
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Edinborough Castle ~ Shaw #1Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Edinborough Castle ~ Shaw #2Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Edinburgh Castle ~ Pat Shaw #1Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Edinburgh Castle ~ Pat Shaw #2Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Kelston HouseJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Mad MollHenry Playford 1698
Pat Shaw 1963
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mi-CarêmeJohn Essex 1710
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1960
A Playford Ball
Bare Necessities
Duple Minor
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1960
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Strum #1John Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
Strum #2John Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
The Sword Dance, 1710 #1John Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
The Sword Dance, 1710 #2John Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
A Trip to the Jubilee ~ EssexJohn Essex 1698
Pat Shaw 1962 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor

20 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Grand TurkJohn Essex 1710
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1969
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Orlabear's MaggotJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1963
no musicDuple Minor
Short and Sweet - PlayfordJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1963
no musicDuple Minor

24 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Apley House ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1702
Pat Shaw 1960
Brett LarsenDuple Minor
Bonney Dundee #1Henry Playford 1688
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
Bonny Dundee #1Henry Playford 1688
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
Frisky Jenny ~ 3 CoupleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1971
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Frisky Jenny ~ TripleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1971
no musicTriple Minor
The Herefordshire LassesLongman, Lukey & Co. 1772
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Lincoln's-Inn GardenThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1961
no musicDuple Minor
The Lord Phopington ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw (mod) 1965
no musicDuple Minor
Of Noble Race was ShinkinHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw (mod) 1962
no musicDuple Minor
Prince GeorgeJohn Playford 1686
Pat Shaw ~1965
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Punch Bowl ~ ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1969 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Somerset House ~ #1, Pat ShawWalsh 1714no musicDuple Minor
Somerset House ~ #2, Pat ShawWalsh 1718
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
The SpringThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1965
no musicDuple Minor
The Tenth of JuneJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1971
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Tenth of JuneJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1971
no musicTriple Minor
The TriumphPreston 1793
Pat Shaw 1966 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor
Woolly and GeorgeyHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor

28 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Duke of Gloucester's March - Playford ~ 3 CoupleHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1968
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Duke of Gloucester's March - Playford ~ DupleHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
The Duke of Gloucester's March - PlayfordHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicTriple Minor
The Hare's Maggot ~ P. ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1959
Odd Sundays Garage BandDuple Minor
My Lord Byron's Maggot ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Valentine's DayJohn Playford 1679
Pat Shaw 1966 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor

32 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Bartlett-House ~ Pat ShawThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1960
no musicDuple Minor
The Bishop ~ Pat ShawThompson 1778
Pat Shaw ~1965
Colin HumeTriple Minor
The British HeroJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicTriple Minor
The British ToperJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicTriple Minor
Buckingham House ~ 3 CoupleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1960
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Buckingham House ~ DupleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw (mod) 1960
no musicDuple Minor
Buckingham HouseJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1960
no musicTriple Minor
Captain MacIntosh - Shaw ~ 3 CoupleThomas Wilson 1816
Pat Shaw 1962
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Captain MacIntosh - Shaw ~ TripleThomas Wilson 1816
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicTriple Minor
Childgrove ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Les ColiséeMatthew Welch 1767
Pat Shaw 1967
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Country Courtship ~ 3 CoupleJohn Young ~1726
Pat Shaw
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Country Courtship ~ DupleJohn Young ~1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Drummer - RutherfordDavid Rutherford 1756
Pat Shaw
no musicTriple Minor
The Duke of Gloucester's March - BrayThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
Exeter LadiesNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw 1961
no musicTriple Minor
The Fair Quaker of Deal ~ ShawJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1961
no musicDuple Minor
La Favourite de la ReineMatthew Welch 1767
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicTriple Minor
Flowers of Edinburgh ~ RebbeckWilliam Rebbeck 1788
Pat Shaw 1962
Colin HumeTriple Minor
GasconneVoisin 1706
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
The Geud Man of Ballangigh ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1696
Pat Shaw 1959 Playford Ball
Colin HumeDuple Minor
GreensleevesFeuillet 1706
Pat Shaw 1960 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor
Grenadiers ExerciseThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
Hey to the Jubilee ~ 3 CoupleJohnson ~1750
Pat Shaw 1964
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Hey to the JubileeJohnson ~1750
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicTriple Minor
Holborn MarchWright 1740
Pat Shaw 1963 Playford Ball
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Hombey House ~ P. ShawJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1961
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Jack's Health ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1721
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1968
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Jubilee ~ WilsonThomas Wilson ~1811
Pat Shaw ~1965
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Lord Phopington ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw ~1970 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor
The Lover's Luck ~ Pat ShawThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1960
no musicDuple Minor
Ludlow CastleJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
SabinaWalsh 1714
Pat Shaw ~1965
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Manage the Miser ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1966
no musicDuple Minor
Les Manches VertesFeuillet 1706
Pat Shaw 1960 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor
Marli Water WorksMatthew Welch 1767
Pat Shaw 1963
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Merry Conceit ~ P. ShawNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw 1959 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Morpeth Rant ~ 3 CoupleThomas Wilson 1816
Pat Shaw ~1965
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Morpeth RantThomas Wilson 1816
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicTriple Minor
Nampwich FairJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Nantwich Fair ~ P. ShawJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Paddy Whack ~ Thompson/Pat ShawThompson 1772
Pat Shaw 1960
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Paris PantheonMatthew Welch 1767
Pat Shaw 1967
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Parson's CapThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
The Pilgrim ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw ~1970 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor
Portsmouth ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1951
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The PursuitJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1961 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Recruiting Officer ~ Pat ShawNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw (mod) 1960
no musicDuple Minor
Red JoakWalsh 1731
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
The Russian DanceDavid Wall 1775
Pat Shaw 1959
no musicTriple Minor
SabinaWalsh 1714
Pat Shaw ~1965
Colin HumeDuple Minor
St. Albans ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1701
Pat Shaw 1969
Colin HumeDuple Minor
St. David's DayJohn Young 1710
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
St. James's DayLongman & Broderip 1791
Pat Shaw 1971
no musicDuple Minor
The Scotch MeasureThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1959
no musicDuple Minor
The ShadeJohnson ~1754
Pat Shaw 1970
no musicDuple Minor
True JoakWright ~1740
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
ValenciennesPreston 1794
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicTriple Minor
The Virgin's Frolick ~ TripleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicTriple Minor
The Virgin's Frolick ~ Shaw/3 CoupleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1962
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Whely HouseHenry Playford 1702
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor
The White Joak ~ TripleWalsh 1731
Pat Shaw (mod) 1966
no musicTriple Minor
The White JoakWalsh 1731
Pat Shaw 1966
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Wives' VictoryThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1962 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor

34 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Count Leon ~ 3 CoupleNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw 1963
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Count Leon ~ TripleNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw 1963
Colin HumeTriple Minor

40 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Excuse Me ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1686
Pat Shaw 1963
no musicDuple Minor
The Merry Milkmaids in Green ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1721
Pat Shaw 1972
At Home
Bare Necessities
Triple Minor
The Merry Milkmaids in Green ~ Pat Shaw/3 CoupleJohn Young 1721
Pat Shaw 1972
At Home
Bare Necessities
3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

42 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The TatlerJohn Essex 1710
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeDuple Minor

48 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Alice MarleyJohnson 1750
Pat Shaw 1968
no musicDuple Minor
The Brays of AngusDavid Rutherford 1756
Pat Shaw 1959
no musicDuple Minor
The Cambridge WaltzThompson 1816
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicTriple Minor
The Cambridge Waltz (Duple)Thompson 1816
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
The Gloucester - BrayThomas Bray 1699
Pat Shaw 1961
no musicDuple Minor
Joy After Sorrow ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1960
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Love and Beauty ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw 1960
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Soldier and a Sailor ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1696
Pat Shaw 1971
no musicDuple Minor
The Soldier and the Sailor ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1696
Pat Shaw 1971
no musicDuple Minor
Trip to the Jubilee - Thompson ~ 3 CoupleThompson 1757
Pat Shaw 1964
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Trip to the Jubilee - Thompson ~ TripleThompson 1757
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicTriple Minor

52 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Burlington House ~ 3 CoupleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw ~1965
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Burlington House ~ TripleJohn Young 1718
Pat Shaw
no musicTriple Minor
Lord Killmurry's DelightNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicDuple Minor

56 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Humours of the Age ~ Pat ShawNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw 1962
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Humours of the Age ~ Pat Shaw/3 CoupleNathaniel Kynaston 1710
Pat Shaw 1962
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

64 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Free Mason ~ Pat ShawThompson 1778
Pat Shaw 1962
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Lord of Carnarvon's Jigg ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1959
no music4 Couple Longways permutation: 3412

72 Non-Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Lull Me Beyond Thee ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1960
no music4 Couple Longways

96 Non-Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Boatman ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1966
A Playford Ball
Bare Necessities
3 Couple Longways
Broom, The Bonny, Bonny Broom ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1972
Bare Necessities4 Couple Longways
Confesse, his Tune ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1960
Colin HumeCustom3
The Court Lady ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1960
Colin HumeCustom3
The Health ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways
If all the World were Paper ~ P. ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1964 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeSquare
Lady in the Dark ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1657
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicFacing Couples
The Merry Frolic ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways
The Merry Wassail ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways

96 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Devonshire House ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1698
Pat Shaw ~1965
Colin HumeDuple Minor

112 Non-Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Mage on a Cree ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1961
Colin HumeSquare

112 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Maiden FairLovelace Manuscript ~1649
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
Mayden FayreLovelace Manuscript ~1649
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor
Once I Lov'd a Maiden FaireLovelace Manuscript ~1649
Pat Shaw 1962
no musicDuple Minor

120 Non-Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Spring Garden ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1657
Pat Shaw 1967
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways

152 Non-Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
À la Mode de France ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1964
no music4 Couple Longways permutation: 4312
Nonesuch ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1651
Pat Shaw 1964
no music4 Couple Longways permutation: 4312

192 Progressive

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Never Love Thee More ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1679
Pat Shaw 1968
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
13313344

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