Dances interpreted by Bernard Bentley

Caledonian Country Dances, 3rd Ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Prince Frederick's Hornpipe		Johnson 1736 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Caledonian Country Dances: with a through bass for y hopsicord, book 2

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Beaus of the Park		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Cream Pot		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1971	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Happy Pair		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Royal Wedding		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Top and Bottom		Johnson ~1733 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor

A Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 6th

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Clapham Frolick		Johnson 1751 Bernard Bentley 1977		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 11th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Beaux Delight		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor
Buskin		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly		Triple Minor
Buskin ~ 3 Couple Longways		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Easter Eve		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1971		Duple Minor
The Lord Phopington ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor
Mount Hills		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
The Pilgrim ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1701 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Assembly		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 12th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tunbridge Walks ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1703 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 13th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Drapers Gardens		John Young 1706 Bernard Bentley 1965 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 6th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Bouzer Castle		John Playford 1679 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 7th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Vienna		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Westmoreland		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Wolverton Hall ~ Bentley		John Playford 1686 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, 8th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
I Often for my Jenny Strove ~ Bentley		Henry Playford 1690 Bernard Bentley 1965		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

The Dancing Master, 9th ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Huntington's Maggot		Henry Playford 1695 Bernard Bentley 1971	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor

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

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Beadle of Grub St.		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bugbee's Hole		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Cock Ey'd Brown		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		Triple Minor
The Coney Walk		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Hare Hatch		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor
John the Mad Man ~ Bentley		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Mars and Venus		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Merry Companion		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Number Three ~ Bentley		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Pinks and Lilies		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Ratcliff Cross		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Ravenscroft's Hornpipe		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
St. Giles's Pound		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1971		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Sea Nymphs		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor
Three Coney Walk ~ Bentley		John Young 1726 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor

The Dancing Master, Vol. the Second

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Barn Elms		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Duple Minor
Blackwell Hall ~ 3 Couple		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Blackwell Hall ~ Triple		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Triple Minor
Camberwell ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor
Daphne's Delight ~ 3 Couple		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Daphne's Delight ~ Triple		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Triple Minor
Dublin Bay		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Dublin Bay		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Duchess of Grafton ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Hambleton's Round O		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball		Triple Minor
In the Fields in Frost and Snow		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Love's Triumph ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Monk's March, with the Wanders		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962		Duple Minor
Mrs. Savage's Whim ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Paul's Alley ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
Put in All		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965		Duple Minor
Saint Brides		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Saint Margaret's Hill ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
A Trip O'er Tweed ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip O'er Tweed ~ Triple		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965	Colin Hume	Triple Minor
Union Jigg		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
We'll Wed and We'll Bed ~ Bentley		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
We'll Wed and We'll Bed ~ Playford Ball		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962 Playford Ball	Bare Necessities	Duple Minor
Wood Lark		John Young 1710 Bernard Bentley 1977		Duple Minor

The Dancing Master, Vol. the Second, 3rd ed.

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
As Quick as You Please		John Young 1718 Bernard Bentley 1965		Triple Minor
Doway		John Young 1718 Bernard Bentley 1962		Triple Minor
Joy After Sorrow ~ Bentley		John Young 1718 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Love and Beauty ~ Bentley		John Young 1718 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Virgin's Frolick ~ Bentley		John Young 1718 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

The English Dancing Master

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Spanish Gypsie ~ Longways		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Bernard Bentley 1971		4 Couple Longways
Spanish Gypsie ~ Square		John Playford 1651 Bernard Bentley 1971		Square
The Spanish Jeepsie		Lovelace Manuscript ~1649 Bernard Bentley 1971		4 Couple Longways

Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1990

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Worcester Assembly		Preston 1790 Bernard Bentley 1977		Triple Minor

Rutherford's compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated Country Dances both Old and New, Vol. 2

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Tom Jones		David Rutherford ~1770 Bernard Bentley 1977	Odd Sundays Garage Band	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Rutherford's compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated Country Dances both Old and New, Vol. 3

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Cuckoo's Nest		John Rutherford ~1775 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Silvie's Delight		John Rutherford ~1775 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 1

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Wildboar's Maggot		Thompson 1758 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 2

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Johnny Cock Thy Beaver		Thompson 1765 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
The Miser's Jewel		Charles and Samuel Thompson 1765 Bernard Bentley 1977		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Thompston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1794

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Sprigs of Laurel		Thompston 1794 Bernard Bentley 1977		Duple Minor

Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1788

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Ladies Joy		Cahusac 1788 Bernard Bentley 1977		Triple Minor

Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1790

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Eliza		Cahusac 1790 Bernard Bentley 1980		Duple Minor

Twenty Four Country Dances and Quadrilles for the Year 1826

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Philandering		W. Blackman 1826 Bernard Bentley 1980		Triple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1710

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Love and a Bottle - Kynaston ~ Bentley		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1965	Bare Necessities	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Mrs. Hill's Dance ~ Bentley		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1962	Odd Sundays Recordings Odd Sundays Garage Band	Triple Minor
Shropshire Lass		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1971 Playford Assembly	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty Four New Country Dances For the Year 1714

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
High Ginks		Walsh 1714 Bernard Bentley 1962	Colin Hume	Duple Minor
High Jinks		Walsh 1714 Bernard Bentley 1962	Colin Hume	Duple Minor

Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1716

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
The Beau's Retreat ~ Bentley		Nathaniel Kynaston 1716 Bernard Bentley 1965	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Twenty-Four New Country Dances for the Year 1710

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Paston's Maggot ~ Bentley		Nathaniel Kynaston 1710 Bernard Bentley 1977	Colin Hume	Triple Minor

Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances, Vol. 8

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Capt. Catton's Maggot		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
Chelmsford Assembly		Johnson ~1752 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Enfield Wash		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
The Green Man ~ Johnson		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Kings Arms Assembly		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1980		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Lord Anson for ever		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Merry Girls of Maidstone		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
Miss Nancy's Delight		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Spark's Maggot		Johnson ~1752 Bernard Bentley 1968 Playford Ball		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Miss Spark's Maggot ~ Triple		Johnson ~1752 Bernard Bentley 1968 Playford Ball		Triple Minor
The Primrose		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Duple Minor
St. James's Beauties		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
A Trip to Virginia ~ Bentley		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Triple Minor
The Young Fox		Johnson ~1750 Bernard Bentley 1968		Triple Minor

Walsh's Twenty Four Country Dances for the year 1766

Dance Title	Type	Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter	Music Performers	Formation
Assembly of Lovers		Walsh 1766 Bernard Bentley 1977	Colin Hume	3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

Number of dances	Number of versions	Number with music
92	92	23

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