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

Dances in A new Addition to the Dancing Master (John Playford, 1689, London)

An online copy of the original may be found here.

Table of Contents

B C J S

B

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Bellamira
Bellamira ~ BoltonHenry Playford 1689
Charles Bolton 1985
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Bellamira ~ HumeHenry Playford 1689
Colin Hume 1995
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Bellamira ~ KennedyHenry Playford 1689
Douglas & Helen Kennedy 1929 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Bellamira ~ Kennedy/BoltonHenry Playford 1689
Comparing Douglas & Helen Kennedy (1929) Charles Bolton (1985)
no musicSquare

C

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Cold and RawHenry Playford 1689
Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball
no musicDuple Minor
Cold and Raw
Cold and Raw ~ RSCDSHenry Playford 1689
RSCDS 1929
no musicDuple Minor
Cold and Raw #1Henry Playford 1689
Scott Pfitzinger ~2019
no musicDuple Minor

J

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Cold and Raw
Cold and Raw ~ RSCDSHenry Playford 1689
RSCDS 1929
no musicDuple Minor
The Juice of BarleyHenry Playford 1689
Cecil Sharp 1916 Playford Ball
no musicDuple Minor

S

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Siege of BudaHenry Playford 1689
George Williams 2022
no musicDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
483

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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