TY  - BOOK
AU  - Playford,John
TI  - The dancing master: or, directions for dancing country dances, with the tunes to each dance for the treble-violin
PY  - 1686///
CY  - London
PB  - Printed by J. P. and sold by John Playford
KW  - Dance
KW  - Country dances
KW  - Dance music
KW  - England
N1  - First ed. published 1651 [i.e. 1650] under title: The English dancing-master; Microfilm copy on Reel 003
N2  - Originally published in 1650 under the title of The English dancing master, this work went through numerous editions from 1652 to 1728. Compiled by John Playford (1623-1687), a publisher of music books, the treatise is considered an important work on English country dances, a form of dance where couples perform a series of set patterns. the seventh edition has 208 dances in the main body of the book and more in the appendices (see Dean-Smith, 1957)
ER  -