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The most important collection of dances and music published
in England in the 17th century
Transcribed into ABC Music Notation for The Village Music Project
by Chris Partington, from Jeremy Barlow's book "The Complete
Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master"
Go to ABC file
I have not provided a PDF version as Jeremy Barlow's book is
still in print.
The Dancing Master — second volume, was probably first published
about 1713 to form an additional volume to the fifteenth edition.
The second edition of the second volume was published in 1718 ;
third edition 1719, and fourth edition, which like the third
contained 360 dances, and is identical with it, is dated 1728.
Transcribed into ABC Music Notation for The Village Music Project by Ruairidh Greig, Mike Hicken, Steve Mansfield, Chris Partington, Robert Watkins
Go to ABC file. Complete with dance notation
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of this transcription
200 tunes and dances. Quite a few of the tunes are duplicates of
tunes and dances in vol 2, with merely the name being changed
Transcribed into ABC Music Notation for The Village Music Project
by Peter Dunk, Ruairidh Greig, Mike Hicken, Steve Mansfield
Go to ABC file. Complete with dance
notation.
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of this transcription
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