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 voice, treble instrument; Scores featuring the voice; For voices with solo instruments; For treble instrument, continuo; Scores with basso continuo; For 1 player with continuo; For violin, continuo; English language; 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 Score
#324643 - 2.66MB, 111 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5281×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2014/5/11)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. London: Thomas Harper, for John Playford, 1651.
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Public Domain [tag/del]
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 Complete Score
#278927 - 4.47MB, 62 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3719×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

 Complete Score
#278928 - 3.89MB, 61 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1263×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

Editor 2nd edition
Publisher. Info. London: for John Playford, 1652.
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Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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 Complete Score
#770549 - 26.99MB, 141 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 118×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2022/3/16)

 Incomplete Score (missing pp.44-132)
#278929 - 10.43MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 833×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

Editor 3rd edition
Publisher. Info. London: W[illiam] G[odbid], sold by J. Playford and Z. Watkins, 1665.
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 Complete Score
#278926 - 16.25MB, 166 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1096×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

 Complete Score (+ manuscript)
#337988 - 44.12MB, 167 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 630×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2014/8/6)

Editor 4th edition
Publisher. Info. London: W[illiam] Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1670.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes #337988 - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): RISM A/I: AN 740
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 Complete Score
#278930 - 7.38MB, 168 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 925×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/5/5)

Editor 5th edition
Publisher. Info. London: William Godbid, sold by John Playford, 1675.
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 Complete Score
#278931 - 29.62MB, 96 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 598×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/5/6)

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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 Complete Score
#278935 - 22.26MB, 252 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 718×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/5/7)

Editor 7th edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Playford the Younger, 1686.
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 Complete Score
#278932 - 22.58MB, 234 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 556×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

Editor 8th edition
Publisher. Info. London: Edward Jones (printer), 1690.
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 Complete Score
#278933 - 27.56MB, 117 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 808×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

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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 Complete Score
#72141 - 9.74MB, 222 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5122×⇩ - Bassani

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Bassani (2010/7/21)

 Complete Score
#278936 - 25.29MB, 115 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 589×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

Editor 10th edition
Publisher. Info. London: John Heptinstall, 1698.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes #72141 - Part 2 split from file, see below
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 Complete Score
#770551 - 91.39MB, 366 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 100×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2022/3/16)

 Complete Score
#883371 - 88.59MB, 366 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 13×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2023/11/9)

Editor 12th edition
Publisher. Info. London: J. Heptinstall for H. Playford, 1703.
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 Complete Score
#98453 - 12.62MB, 352 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4745×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2011/4/6)

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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 Complete Score
#883372 - 101.54MB, 368 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 56×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Fynnjamin (2023/11/9)

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

 Complete Score
#278937 - 1.56MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 614×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2013/4/27)

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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 Complete Score
#278934 - 6.51MB, 65 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 391×⇩ - Feduol

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 Incomplete Score
#883369 - 2.79MB, 62 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Editor 2nd edition
Publisher. Info. London: Henry Playford, 1698.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
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

 Complete Score
#883370 - 99.07MB, 373 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 38×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Editor 3rd edition
Publisher. Info. London: W. Pearson, for John Young, 1718.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The Dancing-Master: Vol. the Second.
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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 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9005×⇩ - Marc Lanoiselée

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 Engraving files (Finale)
#189890 - 1.11MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1660×⇩ - Marc Lanoiselée

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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)

 Have at thy Coat old woman
#478405 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 285×⇩ - Marieh

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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)

 Complete Score
#479238 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 445×⇩ - Marieh

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 Complete Score (tablature)
#479239 - 0.12MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 142×⇩ - Marieh

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Arranger Marieh Marieh
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Misc. Notes The English Dancing Master, London 1651, folio 71
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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 - 514×⇩ - Madjanev

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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)

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