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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in The second Part of the Dancing Master, 2nd ed.

The Second Part of the Dancing Master, 2nd ed.

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Albion's Queen ~ Playford+Shaw #1Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Albion's Queen ~ Playford+Shaw #2Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Albion's Queen ~ Playford+WilliamsHenry Playford ~1698
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor
Captain's MaggotHenry Playford ~1696
Andrew Shaw 2006
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312
Edinborough Castle ~ Shaw #1Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Edinborough Castle ~ Shaw #2Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Edinborough Castle ~ WilliamsHenry Playford ~1698
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor
Edinburgh Castle ~ Pat Shaw #1Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Edinburgh Castle ~ Pat Shaw #2Henry Playford ~1698
Pat Shaw 1964
no musicDuple Minor
Edinburgh Castle ~ WilliamsHenry Playford ~1698
George Williams 2021
no musicDuple Minor

The second Part of the Dancing Master, 2nd ed.

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Europes RevelsHenry Playford 1698
Andrew Shaw 2023
no musicDuple Minor
Greenwich Park - PlayfordHenry Playford 1698
Cecil Sharp 1922 Playford Ball
no musicDuple Minor
Lambeth WellsHenry Playford 1698
Colin Hume 2025
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Temple-ChangeHenry Playford 1698
Cecil Sharp 1916
no musicDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
881

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