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''The Dancing Master'' (first edition: '''''The English Dancing Master''''') was a dancing manual containing the music and instructions for English Country Dance s. It was published in several editions by John Playford and his successors from 1651 until c 1728 . Dances from ''The Dancing Master'' were re-published in arrangements by Cecil Sharp in the early 20th century.




KNOWN EDITIONS AND SUPPLEMENTS


  • 1651 - 1st edition (the only edition to be called ''The English Dancing Master'', published by John Playford)

  • 1652 - 2nd edition

  • 1657 - 3rd edition

  • 1665 - 3rd edition

  • 1670 - 4th edition

  • 1675 - 5th edition

  • 1679 - 6th edition

  • 1679 - A Supplement to The Dancing-Master

  • 1686 - 7th edition

  • 1687? - Tunes of other Country-Dances

  • 1688? - A new Additional Sheet to the Dancing-Master

  • 1689? - A new Addition to the Dancing-Master

  • 1690 - 8th edition (the first marked as published by Henry Playford )

  • 1695 - 9th edition

  • 1696 - The second Part of the Dancing Master

  • 1698 - The Second Part of the Dancing Master, 2nd edition

  • 1698? - supplement

  • 1698? - An Additional Sheet to the Second Part of the Dancing-Master

  • 1698 - 10th edition

  • 1701 - 11th edition

  • 1702 - Twenty Four New Country Dances. Printed by William Pearson for Henry Playford

  • 1703 - 12th edition

  • 1706 - 13th edition (the first edition published by John Young )

  • 1709 - 14th edition

  • 1710? - Vol. the second, 1st edition

  • 1713 - 15th edition

  • 1714? - Vol. the second, 2nd edition

  • 1716 - 16th edition

  • 1718 - Vol. the second, 3rd edition

  • 1721 - Vol. the first, 17th edition

  • c1726 - The Third Volume, 2nd edition

  • c1728 - Vol. the first, 18th edition

  • 1728 - Vol. the second, 4th edition



EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html First Edition

  • http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/playford/ Second Edition

  • http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/ Summary of all editions

  • http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/round/playford/ What are 'Playford' dances?

  • http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/english2.htm Online Playford Dance Reconstructions by John Garden