Dances in The Dancing Master, 11th ed.

Table of Contents

• Duple Minor
  • Duple Minor proper
  • Duple Minor improper
• Triple Minor
  • Triple Minor proper
• Sicilian Circles

Duple Minor

Duple Minor proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Beaux Delight		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor
Cheshire Rounds ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 2000 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Cheshire Rounds ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Cheshire Rounds ~ Neal		Henry Playford 1701 John & William Neal 1726	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Childgrove ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Childgrove ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Childgrove ~ Sharp (mod)		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp (mod) 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Cockle shells ~ (down)		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton (mod) 1985 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Cockle shells ~ (up)		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton (mod) 1985	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Cockle shells ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1985 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Crosbey Square ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1997	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Crosbey Square ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2025	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Crosbey Square ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Czar of Muscovy		Henry Playford 1701 Andrew Shaw 2024		Duple Minor
Easter Eve		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor
Enfield Common		Henry Playford 1701 Philippe Callens 1999	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The French Ambassador ~ Duple		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2021		Duple Minor
French Embassader ~ Duple		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2021		Duple Minor
George's Maggot #1		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2021		Duple Minor
Indian Queen		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Jovial Beggars - Playford		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1989 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Lord Phopington ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Lord Phopington ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw (mod) 1965		Duple Minor
The Lord Phopington ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw ~1970 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Lord Phoppington		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1988		Duple Minor
Mother Brown's Cat		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1988		Duple Minor
Mount Hills		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Mount Hills ~ Playford Assembly		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley (mod) 1965 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
My Lord Byron's Maggot ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw ~1965		Duple Minor
My Lord Byron's Maggot ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922		Duple Minor
New Whitehall		Henry Playford 1701 Scott Pfitzinger ~2019		Duple Minor
The Pilgrim ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
The Pilgrim ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw ~1970 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Portsmouth ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1951	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Portsmouth ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball		Duple Minor
The Princess 1701 ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2009	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Princess 1701 ~ Sharp		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Queen's Jig		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Round		Henry Playford 1701 Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball	A Playford Ball Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
St. Albans ~ Andrew Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Andrew Shaw 2006	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
St. Albans ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1969	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
St. Catherine ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1991		Duple Minor
St. Catherine ~ Callens		Henry Playford 1701 Philippe Callens 2004		Duple Minor
St. Catherine ~ Neal		Henry Playford 1701 John & William Neal 1726		Duple Minor
Saint Katherine ~ Neal		Henry Playford 1701 John & William Neal 1726		Duple Minor
The Temple		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2010	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
The Lord Phoppington		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1988		Duple Minor
Well's Humour ~ Duple		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2021		Duple Minor

Duple Minor improper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Moll Peatly, the New Way		Henry Playford 1701 Michael Barraclough ~2017		Duple Minor
Moll Peatly, the New Way ~ Pfitzinger		Henry Playford 1701 Scott Pfitzinger ~2019		Duple Minor

Triple Minor

Triple Minor proper

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Barham Down ~ Black		Henry Playford 1701 Daisy Black 2019	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Barham Down ~ Cook		Henry Playford 1701 Tom Cook 1975 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Barham Down ~ Simons		Henry Playford 1701 A. Simons ~1990	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Barham Down ~ Williams		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2025		Triple Minor
Black Heath		Henry Playford 1701 Fried de Metz Herman 1989	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Blackheath ~ Kliban		Henry Playford 1701 Kalia Kliban 2011	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Blackheath ~ Simons		Henry Playford 1701 A. Simons ~1990	Colin Hume	Triple Minor permutation: 231
Buskin		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly		Triple Minor
Buskin ~ 3 Couple Longways		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly		Triple Minor permutation: 231
Buskin ~ Duple		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley (mod) 1971		Triple Minor
Buskin ~ Triple/Triple		Henry Playford 1701 Philippe Callens 2004		Triple Minor
Caries Maggott		Henry Playford 1701 Andrew Shaw 2024		Triple Minor permutation: 231
Cary's Maggott		Henry Playford 1701 Andrew Shaw 2024		Triple Minor permutation: 231
The Cobbler's Hornpipe		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw ~1965		Triple Minor
Cockle shells ~ (Triple)		Henry Playford 1701	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Dainty Davie ~ RSCDS		Henry Playford 1701 RSCDS 1936		Triple Minor
Dainty Davy		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2022		Triple Minor
Dainty Davy ~ RSCDS		Henry Playford 1701 RSCDS 1936		Triple Minor
The Duke of Gloucester's March - Playford		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1968		Triple Minor
The Duke of Gloucester's March - Playford ~ 3 Couple		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1968		Triple Minor permutation: 231
The Duke of Gloucester's March - Playford ~ Duple		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1968		Triple Minor
Ely Court		Henry Playford 1701 Andrew Shaw 2024		Triple Minor permutation: 312
The French Ambassador ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1985		Triple Minor permutation: 312
The French Ambassador ~ Williams		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2021		Triple Minor
French Embassader ~ Bolton		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 1985		Triple Minor permutation: 312
French Embassader ~ Williams		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2021		Triple Minor
The Hare's Maggot ~ P. Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1959	Odd Sundays Garage Band	Triple Minor
The Last New Vagaries		Henry Playford 1701 Charles Bolton 2000		Triple Minor permutation: 312
News From Tripoly		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1973 Playford Assembly		Triple Minor
Prince Edward's Jig		Thompson 1757 Charles Bolton 1989		Triple Minor permutation: 231
The Punch Bowl ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume ~1995	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
The Punch Bowl ~ Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1969 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Triple Minor
Well's Humour		Henry Playford 1701 George Williams 2021		Triple Minor
Whimbleton House ~ Hume		Henry Playford 1701 Colin Hume 2011	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Whimbleton House ~ Kennedies		Henry Playford 1701 Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Whimbleton House ~ Pat Shaw		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw 1960		Triple Minor
Woolly and Georgey		Henry Playford 1701 Pat Shaw ~1965		Triple Minor

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