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The Corporation
Country Dances, Ancient and Modern

Dances in The Dancing Master, 12th ed.

Table of Contents

B C F G L M N Q R T U W

B

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Bloomsberry MarketHenry Playford 1703
Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Bloomsbury MarketHenry Playford 1703
Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

C

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Cookow
The Cookow ~ AShawHenry Playford 1703
Andrew Shaw 2009
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Cookow ~ HumeHenry Playford 1703
Colin Hume 2010
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Cuckoo
The Cuckoo ~ AShawHenry Playford 1703
Andrew Shaw 2009
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The Cuckoo ~ HumeHenry Playford 1703
Colin Hume 2010
Colin HumeDuple Minor
The CuckowHenry Playford 1703
Andrew Shaw 2009
Colin HumeDuple Minor

F

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Fy, Nay, Prithee JohnHenry Playford 1703
Cecil Sharp 1922
no musicDuple Minor

G

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Grief AlamodeHenry Playford 1703
Fried de Metz Herman 2009
no musicDuple Minor

L

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Love Neglected
Love NeglectedHenry Playford 1703
Cecil Sharp 1922
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Love Neglected ~ HumeHenry Playford 1703
Colin Hume ~2000
Colin HumeDuple Minor

M

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
May FairHenry Playford 1703
Fried de Metz Herman 2009
no musicDuple Minor

N

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Nobe's MaggotHenry Playford 1703
Colin Hume 2025
Colin Hume3 Couple Longways permutation: 231
Nowill Hills
Nowill Hills ~ HumeHenry Playford 1703
Colin Hume ~2000
Colin HumeDuple Minor
Nowill Hills ~ SharpHenry Playford 1703
Cecil Sharp 1922
Colin HumeDuple Minor

Q

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
The Queen's Birthday
The Queen's Birthday ~ CallensHenry Playford 1703
Philippe Callens 2002
no musicDuple Minor
The Queen's Birthday ~ SharpHenry Playford 1703
Cecil Sharp 1922
no musicDuple Minor
Queens-boroughHenry Playford 1703
Andrew Shaw 2009 Playford Assembly
no music3 Couple Longways permutation: 231

R

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Round OHenry Playford 1703
Cecil Sharp 1922
no musicTriple Minor
The Royal NavyHenry Playford 1703
Andrew Shaw 2009
no musicDuple Minor

T

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Tunbridge Walks
Tunbridge Walks ~ BentleyHenry Playford 1703
Bernard Bentley 1965
no musicDuple Minor
Tunbridge Walks ~ SimonsHenry Playford 1703
A. Simons 1971
no musicDuple Minor

U

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Up With AilyHenry Playford 1703
Cecil Sharp 1922
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor

W

Dance TitleTypeDeviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date,
Interpreter
Music
Performers
Formation
Wooden ShoesHenry Playford 1703
Tom Cook ~1999 Playford Assembly
Bare NecessitiesDuple Minor
Number
of dances
Number
of versions
Number
with music
12167

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