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

Dances in The Dancing Master, 3rd ed. (John Playford, 1657, London)

Table of Contents

Facing Couples

Facing Couples proper

Lady in the Dark ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1657
Pat Shaw ~1965
no musicFacing Couples multi part

Facing Couples Becket proper

AltheaJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912
Colin HumeFacing Couples Becket multi part
The Asparagus GardenJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912
no musicFacing Couples Becket multi part
Lady in the Dark ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912
no musicFacing Couples Becket multi part
The Merry Conceit  ~ Playford, SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912
no musicFacing Couples Becket multi part
The New ConceitJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912
no musicFacing Couples Becket multi part
The Sparaguss GardenJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912
no musicFacing Couples Becket multi part

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Ginnie PugJohn Playford 1657
Tom Cook 1975
no musicDuple Minor multi part
Guinea PigJohn Playford 1657
Tom Cook 1975
no musicDuple Minor multi part
Lady Banbury's Hornpipe ~ Hume/SharpJohn Playford 1657
Colin Hume 2021
Colin HumeDuple Minor multi part
Lady Banbury's Hornpipe ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1916
Colin HumeDuple Minor
London is a Fine TownJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1911
no musicDuple Minor
Strawberries and CreamJohn Playford 1657
Tom Cook 1975
no musicDuple Minor multi part
Watton Town's EndJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1911
no musicDuple Minor
What You Please - PlayfordJohn Playford 1657
Michael Barraclough ~2017
no musicDuple Minor multi part

Longways

3 Couple Longways proper

The Black Nag ~ BarracloughJohn Playford 1657
Michael Barraclough ~2017
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways
The Black Nag ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways
The Black Nagg ~ BarracloughJohn Playford 1657
Michael Barraclough ~2017
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways
The Black Nagg ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways
The Galloping Nag ~ 2John Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways

4 Couple Longways proper

Abergenny ~ HumeJohn Playford 1657
Colin Hume 1995
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways multi part
Abergenny ~ KennedyJohn Playford 1657
Douglas & Helen Kennedy (mod) 1929
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways multi part
Spring Garden ~ Pat ShawJohn Playford 1657
Pat Shaw 1967
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways multi part
Spring Garden ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball
Colin Hume4 Couple Longways multi part
The TwinsJohn Playford 1657
Tom Cook 1975
no music4 Couple Longways multi part

Circle

Triangle / 3 Couple Circle

Gelding of the DevilJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1916
no music3 Couple Circle

Square / 4 Couple Circle

Buckingham House 1657John Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball
At Home
Bare Necessities
Square multi part
Chelsea Reach ~ HumeJohn Playford 1657
Colin Hume 2013
At Home
Bare Necessities
Square multi part
Chelsea Reach ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball
At Home
Bare Necessities
Square multi part
Hunsdon HouseJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1912 Playford Ball
At Home
Bare Necessities
Square multi part
Oranges and Lemons ~ HumeJohn Playford 1657
Colin Hume 2020
Colin HumeSquare multi part
Oranges and Lemons ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball
Colin HumeSquare multi part
Oranges and Limons ~ HumeJohn Playford 1657
Colin Hume 2020
Colin HumeSquare multi part
Oranges and Limons ~ SharpJohn Playford 1657
Cecil Sharp 1911 Playford Ball
Colin HumeSquare multi part
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This list contains all dances in the book which I have animated (and which first appeared in this edition of the Dancing Master) for a complete list of dances in the book see here.

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