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Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in Again Let's Be Merry

Table of Contents

B D F H I K L M P R S T W

B

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Belgia Retriev'd
Belgia Retriev'dJohn Young 1710
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor
Black Boy AlleyJohnson 1744
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

D

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Dam it ~ CookWalsh 1740
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
The Despairing LoverNathaniel Kynaston 1711
Tom Cook 1979
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Devonshire House ~ CookHenry Playford 1698
Tom Cook 1979
Colin HumeDuple Minor

F

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Fair and SoftlyJohn Young 1726
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
The Fairy PrinceThompson ~1773
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

H

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
HaphazardJohn Playford 1686
Tom Cook (mod) 1979
no musicDuple Minor

I

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The InstallationThompson 1772
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Ball
Bare Necessities3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Irish Lamentation ~ CookJohnson ~1740
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Colin HumeDuple Minor

K

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Kingston HoyNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

L

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Lover's Luck ~ CookThomas Bray 1699
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
no musicDuple Minor

M

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Maid's Last Wish ~ CookHenry Playford 1695
Tom Cook (mod) 1979
no musicDuple Minor

P

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Perfections of Love
Perfections of Love ~ CookWright 1740
Tom Cook 1979
no musicTriple Minor
Perfections of Love ~ WilliamsWright 1740
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor
PortabellaWalsh 1715
Tom Cook 1979 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

R

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Regent's HornpipeUnknown ~1815
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

S

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Scotch BillyWalsh 1731
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Scotch JemmyNathaniel Kynaston 1711
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Sylvia's SerenadeNathaniel Kynaston 1716
Tom Cook 1979
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 312

T

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Tod's AssemblyJohnson ~1748
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor

W

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Wallingford HouseJohn Playford 1670
Tom Cook 1979
no music4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413
Belgia Retriev'd
Belgia Retriev'dJohn Young 1710
Tom Cook 1979
no musicDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
20216

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