The Dancing Master (Playford, John)

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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: Thomas Harper, for John Playford, 1651.
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Publisher. Info. London: for John Playford, 1652.
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Editor 3rd edition
Publisher. Info. London: W[illiam] G[odbid], sold by J. Playford and Z. Watkins, 1665.
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Editor 4th edition
Publisher. Info. London: W[illiam] Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1670.
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Misc. Notes #337988 - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): RISM A/I: AN 740
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Editor 5th edition
Publisher. Info. London: William Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1675.
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Editor 6th edition
Publisher. Info. London: A[nne] G[odbid] & John Playford the Younger, 1679.
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Misc. Notes RISM A/I: AN 741
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Editor 7th edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Playford the Younger, 1686.
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Editor 8th edition
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones (printer), 1690.
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Editor 9th edition
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones (printer), 1695.
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Misc. Notes RISM A/I: AN 742
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Editor 10th edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Heptinstall, 1698.
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Misc. Notes #72141 - Part 2 split from file, see below
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Editor 12th edition
Publisher. Info. London: J. Heptinstall for H. Playford, 1703.
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Editor 14th edition
Publisher. Info. London: attributed to John Walsh & Peter Randall, 1709.
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Misc. Notes Title-page and index missing; erroneous handwritten date and publisher's information.
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Editor 17th edition
Publisher. Info. London: W. Pearson, for John Young, 1721.
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Misc. Notes The Dancing-Master: Vol. the First.
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Part 2

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones for Henry Playford, 1696.
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Misc. Notes Issued as a supplement to the 9th edition. Title: The Second Part of the Dancing Master.
RISM A/I: AN 747
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Editor 2nd edition
Publisher. Info. London: Henry Playford, 1698.
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Misc. Notes Unusually, the space for the illustration on the title-page is blank. The final 11 pages are titled: An Additional Sheet to the Second Part of the Dancing Master.
#278934 - Tunes are numbered 1-36, 25-36, 37-48 [37 contains '"Additional Sheet'" title]
#883369 - File split from #72141 (10th edition). Missing the first leaf 35-36 (Dunmore Kate).
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Volume 2

Editor 3rd edition
Publisher. Info. London: W. Pearson, for John Young, 1718.
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Misc. Notes The Dancing-Master: Vol. the Second.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For 3 Recorders or 3 Saxophones (Yardley)
Arranger David Yardley
Editor Alberto Gomez Gomez
Publisher. Info. Alberto Gomez Gomez
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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For 2 Guitars (Marieh)
Arranger Marieh Marieh
Publisher. Info. Marieh
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Misc. Notes The English Dancing Master, London 1651, folio 38
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Sedanny or Dargasson

For Guitar (Marieh)
Arranger Marieh Marieh
Publisher. Info. Marieh
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Misc. Notes The English Dancing Master, London 1651, folio 71
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Jamaica

For 4 Saxophones (Thomas)
Arranger Jane Vivienne Thomas (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Jane Vivienne Thomas, 2018.
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General Information

Work Title The Dancing Master
Alternative. Title The English Dancing Master [1st ed. only]
Composer Playford, John
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
First Publication. 1651
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation violin; soprano, open instrument (1st edition); voice, open instrument, soprano; continuo, open instrument soprano; violin, continuo
Related Works The Compleat Country Dancing-Master by John Walsh

For Cecil Sharp's arrangements for piano solo of various tunes see Country Dance Tunes.

External Links Wikipedia article
Robert Keller's compendium
Extra Information Part 2 was subsumed into the main book before the appearance of Volume 2 around 1705.

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)

Dunmore Kate includes 5 verses of song text (first appears in 2nd edition of Part 2, 1698)
The Irish Ground includes ground bass, i.e. continuo (12th edtion, 1703)