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

Dances in The Dancing Master, 9th ed.

Table of Contents

A C E F H J K M O P R S W

A

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Arundel StreetHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2020
Colin HumeDuple Minor

C

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Cornish SquireHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2024
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

E

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Easter TuesdayHenry Playford 1695
Jacqueline Schwab 2004
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

F

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
From Aberdeen
From Aberdeen ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook 1991
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
From Aberdeen ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2016
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor

H

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Hobb's WeddingHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2007
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Huntington's MaggotHenry Playford 1695
Bernard Bentley 1971
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

J

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Jack's FarewellHenry Playford 1698
Cecil Sharp 1922
no musicDuple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook 1991
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1968
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Jacob Hall's Jig ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

K

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Kensington CourtHenry Playford 1695
Charles Bolton 1985
no musicDuple Minor
A Kissing Dance in the Country WakeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2007
Colin HumeDuple Minor

M

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Mad Moll
Mad MollHenry Playford 1698
Pat Shaw 1963
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mad Moll ~ HumeHenry Playford 1698
Colin Hume 2007
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mad Robin
Mad Robin ~ Playford BallHenry Playford 1695
Henry Playford 1994 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mad Robin ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1922
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
The Maid's Last Wish
The Maid's Last Wish ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook (mod) 1979
no musicDuple Minor
The Maid's Last Wish ~ Playford AssemblyHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook (mod) 1979 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ GibsonHenry Playford 1695
Jean Gibson 1995
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2011
A Playford Ball
Bare Necessities
Duple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Beveridge's Maggot ~ ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1960
A Playford Ball
Bare Necessities
Duple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 1996
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Pat ShawHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw 1969
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ Playford BallHenry Playford 1695
Henry Playford 1994 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Isaac's Maggot ~ SharpHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1916
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Lane's Maggot
Mr. Lane's Maggot ~ Andrew ShawHenry Playford 1695
Andrew Shaw 2009
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Mr. Lane's Maggot ~ DupleHenry Playford 1695
Scott Pfitzinger 2019
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Mr. Lane's Maggot ~ PfitzingerHenry Playford 1695
Scott Pfitzinger 2019
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor
Mr. Young's Delight
Mr. Young's Delight ~ HermanHenry Playford 1695
Fried de Metz Herman 1995
no musicDuple Minor
Mr. Young's Delight ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeDuple Minor

O

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Of Noble Race was ShinkinHenry Playford 1695
Pat Shaw (mod) 1962
no musicDuple Minor
Old Batchelor
Old Batchelor ~ BroadbridgeHenry Playford 1695
Nicolas Broadbridge 1996 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ FeyerabendHenry Playford 1695
Christine Feyerabend ~2010
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ HumeHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Old Batchelor ~ SimonsHenry Playford 1695
A. Simons 1973 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor

P

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Pye CornerHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2020
Colin HumeDuple Minor

R

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Red-House
Red-House ~ CottonHenry Playford 1695
Fredrick Cotton ~2000
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Red-House ~ Hume#1Henry Playford 1695
Colin Hume ~2000
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Red-House ~ Hume#2Henry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2024
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Red-House ~ KennediesHenry Playford 1695
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Red-House ~ SCDHenry Playford 1695
RSCDS Book 7 1931
no musicDuple Minor
Red-House ~ SkowronskiHenry Playford 1695
Victor Skowronski 2003
no musicDuple Minor
Roger of Coverly - Playford
Roger of Coverly - PlayfordHenry Playford 1695
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor

S

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Siege of LimerickHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor
Roger of Coverly - Playford
Roger of Coverly - PlayfordHenry Playford 1695
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor
Spanish JiggHenry Playford 1695
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1978 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

W

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The WhimHenry Playford 1695
Cecil Sharp 1916
no musicDuple Minor
Whitney's FarewellHenry Playford 1695
Colin Hume 2021
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
254837

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