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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

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

Table of Contents

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
AquilliaJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2025
no musicDuple Minor multi part
Aquillia ~ PfitzingerJohn Young 1726
Scott Pfitzinger 2019
no musicDuple Minor
The Bashful SwainJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929
no musicDuple Minor
Booth's HornpipeJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929
no musicDuple Minor
Coreli's Maggot ~ KennedyJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Ball
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Corelli's Gavot ~ SheffieldJohn Young 1726
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicDuple Minor
Fickle FannyJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2025
no musicDuple Minor
The Irish HowleJohn Young ~1726
Andrew Shaw 2024
no musicDuple Minor
John the Mad Man ~ BentleyJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1965
Colin HumeDuple Minor
John the Mad Man ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2025
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Mary and DorothyJohn Young 1726
Cecil Sharp 1916
no musicDuple Minor
Mr. Cosgill's Delight ~ KennedyJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Ball
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Mr. Cosgill's Delight ~ SheffieldJohn Young 1726
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicDuple Minor
The Nobles of BetlyJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Orlabear's MaggotJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1963
no musicDuple Minor
Pretty Nun ~ KennedyJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929
no musicDuple Minor
Pretty Nun ~ WilliamsJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor
The Restoration of King Charles ~ BoltonJohn Young 1726
Charles Bolton 2003
no musicDuple Minor
The Restoration of King Charles ~ ¿Page?John Young 1726
¿Chris Page? ~2025
no musicDuple Minor
The Rowling EyeJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929
no musicDuple Minor
Sadler's WellsJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
The Sea NymphsJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1980
no musicDuple Minor
Short and Sweet - PlayfordJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1963
no musicDuple Minor
Softly Robin ~ Andrew ShawJohn Young 1726
Andrew Shaw 2017
no musicDuple Minor
Softly Robin ~ KennedyJohn Young 1726
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929
no musicDuple Minor
Softly Robin ~ WilliamsJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor
SunderlandJohn Young 1726
Andrew Shaw 2017
no musicDuple Minor
WalbrookJohn Young ~1726
Colin Hume 2022
Colin HumeDuple Minor

Duple Minor improper

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Green Stockings ~ CookJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975
no musicDuple Minor
Hare HatchJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1980
no musicDuple Minor
Juno and PallasJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975
no musicDuple Minor

Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
AlbaronyJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2021
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Anna BellaJohn Young 1726
Scott Pfitzinger 2019
no musicTriple Minor
The Beadle of Grub St.John Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1971
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
Boys and Girls Come Out To Play, The New WayJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2022
no musicTriple Minor
Bugbee's HoleJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1971
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
Bulock's HornpipeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2009
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Cock Ey'd BrownJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1980
no musicTriple Minor
Come Let's Be MerryJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor permutation: 312
The Coney WalkJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1965
no musicTriple Minor
The Constant Lover #2John Young ~1726
Andrew Shaw 2024
no musicTriple Minor
Country Courtship ~ 3 CoupleJohn Young ~1726
Pat Shaw
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Country Courtship ~ DupleJohn Young ~1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Fair and SoftlyJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor
The Hey-Makers Dance in FaustusJohn Young 1726
Charles Bolton 2000
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
The Highlander's MaggotJohn Young ~1726
Andrew Shaw 2024
no musicTriple Minor
Kelsterne GardensJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1975 Playford Ball
Bare NecessitiesTriple Minor permutation: 231
King George's Birth DayJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2024
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
Lambeth New WellsJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2025
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 312
Mars and VenusJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1971
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
The Merry CompanionJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1965
no musicTriple Minor
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Bolton 1John Young 1726
Charles Bolton 1986
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 312
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Bolton 2John Young 1726
Charles Bolton 1986
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 312
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 2016
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ Pat ShawJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1960
Colin HumeTriple Minor permutation: 231
My Lady Winwood's Maggot ~ SharpJohn Young 1726
Cecil Sharp 1916
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nampwich FairJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nampwich Fair ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nantwich Fair ~ HumeJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nantwich Fair ~ P. ShawJohn Young 1726
Pat Shaw 1964
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Nine ElmsJohn Young 1726
Colin Hume 1995
Colin HumeTriple Minor
Number Three ~ A. ShawJohn Young 1726
Andrew Shaw 2017
no musicTriple Minor
Number Three ~ BentleyJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1965
no musicTriple Minor
Pinks and LiliesJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1971
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
Ratcliff CrossJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1977
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
Ravenscroft's HornpipeJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1980
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
St. Giles's PoundJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1971
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
Smith's BoreeJohn Young 1726
Ken Sheffield 1995
no musicTriple Minor
Three Coney Walk ~ A. ShawJohn Young 1726
Andrew Shaw 2017
no musicTriple Minor
Three Coney Walk ~ BentleyJohn Young 1726
Bernard Bentley 1965
no musicTriple Minor
Up Goes ElyJohn Young 1726
Charles Bolton 1991
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 312
Up Goes Ely ~ SharpJohn Young 1726
Cecil Sharp 1916
no musicTriple Minor
Wanton DollyJohn Young ~1726
Andrew Shaw 2024
no musicTriple Minor
Wing's MaggotJohn Young 1726
Charles Bolton 2000
no musicTriple Minor permutation: 231
Young DamonJohn Young 1726
Charles Bolton 2003
no musicTriple Minor

Triple Minor proper double progression

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Country Courtship ~ HumeJohn Young ~1726Colin HumeTriple Minor

Quadruple Minor

Quadruple Minor

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Hamstead Heath #2John Young 1718
George Williams 2022
no musicQuadruple Minor
Hamstead Heath #2 ~ 4 CoupleJohn Young 1718
George Williams 2022
no musicQuadruple Minor permutation: 2341
Hamstead Heath #2 ~ Quadruple ProgressionJohn Young 1718
George Williams 2022
no musicQuadruple Minor
A Trip to PancridgeJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2022
no musicQuadruple Minor
A Trip to Pancridge ~ DupleJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2022
no musicQuadruple Minor

Longways

4 Couple Longways proper

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Fairy Queen - YoungJohn Young 1726
George Williams 2022
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
707025

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