The Dancing Master (Playford, John)

		First Publication 1651 Genre Categories Country dances; Dances; For violin; Scores featuring the violin; For 1 player; For treble instrument; Scores with open instrumentation; For 3 recorders (arr); For 3 players; Scores featuring the recorder; For 3 saxophones (arr); Scores featuring the saxophone

Sheet Music

• Scores (14)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

Scores

 Complete Book
*#278927 - 4.47MB, 62 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 135x⇩

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

 Complete Book (alternate)
*#278928 - 3.89MB, 61 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 53x⇩

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

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2nd edition

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London: printed for John Playford, 1652, 1653.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Incomplete Book
*#278929 - 10.43MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 45x⇩

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

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3rd edition (unspecified)

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London: printed by W. G[odbid]., sold by J. Playford and Z. Watkins, 1665.

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 Complete Book
*#278926 - 16.25MB, 166 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 39x⇩

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4th edition

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London: printed by W. Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1670.

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 Complete Book
*#278930 - 7.38MB, 168 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 35x⇩

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

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5th edition

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London: printed by W. Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1675.

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 Complete Book
*#278931 - 29.62MB, 96 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 25x⇩

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Feduol (2013/5/6)

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6th edition

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London: printed by A.G. and J.P., sold by John Playford, 1679.

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 Complete Book
*#278935 - 22.26MB, 252 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 31x⇩

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Feduol (2013/5/7)

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7th edition

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London: printed by J.P., sold by John Playford, 1686.

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 Complete Book
*#278932 - 22.58MB, 234 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 20x⇩

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

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8th edition

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London: printed by E[dward]. Jones, sold by H[enry]. Playford, 1690.

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 Complete Book
*#278933 - 27.56MB, 117 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 30x⇩

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

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9th edition

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London: printed by E[dward]. Jones for H[enry]. Playford, 1695.

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 Supplement to 9th edition ("Second Part")
*#278937 - 1.56MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 26x⇩

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First edition of supplement

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London: printed for Henry Playford, 1696.

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 Supplement to 9th edition ("Second part")
*#278934 - 6.52MB, 66 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 19x⇩

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2nd edition of the supplement

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London: printed for Henry Playford, 1698.

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Unusually, there is no illustration on the title-page.

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 Complete Book (with Supplement)
*#72141 - 12.63MB, 284 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 3824x⇩

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Bassani (2010/7/21)

 Complete Book
*#278936 - 25.29MB, 115 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 17x⇩

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

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10th edition

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London: printed by J. Heptinstall, for H. Playford, 1698.

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 Complete Score
*#98453 - 12.62MB, 352 pp. -  3.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 2538x⇩

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Fynnjamin (2011/4/6)

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14th edition

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[London: Playford, 1709.]

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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Title-page and index missing; erroneous handwritten date and publisher's information.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For 3 Recorders or 3 Saxophones (Yardley)

 Complete Score
*#189889 - 0.81MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 806x⇩

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Marc Lanoiselée (2012/3/17)

 Engraving files (Finale)
*#189890 - 1.11MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 141x⇩

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Marc Lanoiselée (2012/3/17)

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David Yardley

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Alberto Gomez Gomez

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Alberto Gomez Gomez

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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General Information

Work Title	The Dancing Master
Alternative Title	The dancing master; or, Directions for dancing country dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin.

Composer	Playford, John
First Publication	1651
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	violin
External Links	Wikipedia article Robert Keller's compendium

Misc. Comments

Some pieces are written for violin with alternate (scordatura) tuning:
St. Dunstan or Clifford's Inn is written for violin tuned AEae. This tune first appeared in Supplement I of the 7th edition, issued 1687, along with
New Year's Eve, tuned ADae.
The Guilford: ADae (first appears 11th edition, 1701)