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 (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 3 saxophones (arr); Scores featuring the saxophone (arr); For 2 guitars (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); For 4 saxophones (arr); For 4 players (arr)
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.

Contents

Performances

Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Book
#324643 - 2.66MB, 111 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4966×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Greg Lindahl
Feduol (2014/5/11)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: Thomas Harper, for John Playford, 1651.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#278927 - 4.47MB, 62 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3636×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/5/5)

 Complete Book
#278928 - 3.89MB, 61 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1218×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/5/5)

Editor Second edition
Publisher. Info. London: for John Playford, 1652.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#770549 - 26.99MB, 141 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 40×⇩ - Fynnjamin

PDF scanned by F-Pn
Fynnjamin (2022/3/16)

 Incomplete Book (missing pp.44-132)
#278929 - 10.43MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 817×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/5/5)

Editor Third edition
Publisher. Info. London: W[illiam] G[odbid], sold by J. Playford and Z. Watkins, 1665.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#278926 - 16.25MB, 166 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1050×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/5/5)

 Complete Book (+ manuscript)
#337988 - 44.12MB, 167 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 607×⇩ - Fynnjamin

PDF scanned by F-Pn
Fynnjamin (2014/8/6)

Editor Fourth edition
Publisher. Info. London: W[illiam] Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1670.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): RISM A/I: AN 740
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#278930 - 7.38MB, 168 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 886×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/5/5)

Editor Fifth edition
Publisher. Info. London: William Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1675.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#278931 - 29.62MB, 96 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 567×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/5/6)

Editor Sixth edition
Publisher. Info. London: A[nne] G[odbid] & John Playford the Younger, 1679.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes RISM A/I: AN 741
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#278935 - 22.26MB, 252 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 662×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/5/7)

Editor Seventh edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Playford the Younger, 1686.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#278932 - 22.58MB, 234 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 515×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/4/27)

Editor Eighth edition
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones (printer), 1690.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book
#278933 - 27.56MB, 117 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 779×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/4/27)

Editor Ninth edition
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones (printer), 1695.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes RISM A/I: AN 742
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Supplement to 9th edition (Second Part)
#278937 - 1.56MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 575×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/4/27)

Editor First edition of supplement
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones for Henry Playford, 1696.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes RISM A/I: AN 747
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Supplement to 9th edition (Second Part)
#278934 - 6.52MB, 66 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 371×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/4/27)

Editor 2nd edition of the supplement
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones for Henry Playford, 1698.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Unusually, there is no illustration on the title-page.
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Book (with Supplement)
#72141 - 12.63MB, 284 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5089×⇩ - Bassani

PDF scanned by archive.org
Bassani (2010/7/21)

 Complete Book
#278936 - 25.29MB, 115 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 579×⇩ - Feduol

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feduol (2013/4/27)

Editor Tenth edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Heptinstall, 1698.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Score
#770551 - 91.39MB, 366 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50×⇩ - Fynnjamin

PDF scanned by F-Pn
Fynnjamin (2022/3/16)

Editor Twelfth edition
Publisher. Info. London: J. Heptinstall for H. Playford, 1703.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

 Complete Score
#98453 - 12.62MB, 352 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4675×⇩ - Fynnjamin

PDF scanned by archive.org
Fynnjamin (2011/4/6)

Editor Fourteenth edition
Publisher. Info. London: attributed to John Walsh & Peter Randall, 1709.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Title-page and index missing; erroneous handwritten date and publisher's information.
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

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 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7969×⇩ - Marc Lanoiselée

PDF typeset by editor
Marc Lanoiselée (2012/3/17)

 Engraving files (Finale)
#189890 - 1.11MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1511×⇩ - Marc Lanoiselée

ZIP typeset by editor
Marc Lanoiselée (2012/3/17)

Arranger David Yardley
Editor Alberto Gomez Gomez
Publisher. Info. Alberto Gomez Gomez
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
View at Internet archive
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.
For 2 Guitars (Marieh)

 Have at thy Coat old woman
#478405 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 241×⇩ - Marieh

PDF typeset by arranger
Marieh (2017/6/24)

Arranger Marieh Marieh
Publisher. Info. Marieh
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes The English Dancing Master, London 1651, folio 38
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

Sedanny or Dargasson

For Guitar (Marieh)

 Complete Score
#479238 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 376×⇩ - Marieh

PDF typeset by arranger
Marieh (2017/6/28)

 Complete Score (tablature)
#479239 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 117×⇩ - Marieh

PDF typeset by arranger
Marieh (2017/6/28)

Arranger Marieh Marieh
Publisher. Info. Marieh
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The English Dancing Master, London 1651, folio 71
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

Jamaica

For 4 Saxophones (Thomas)

 Complete Score and Parts
#561671 - 0.08MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 375×⇩ - Madjanev

PDF typeset by arranger
Madjanev (2019/2/15)

Arranger Jane Vivienne Thomas (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Jane Vivienne Thomas, 2018.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del]
Purchase
Javascript is required for this feature.

Javascript is required to submit files.

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
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation violin, or unspecified instrument (1st edition)
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

Navigation etc.

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)

Retrieved from "http://imslp.org/index.php?title=The_Dancing_Master_(Playford,_John)&oldid=3714345"