TY  - BOOK
AU  - Playford,John
AU  - Playford,Henry
AU  - Young,John
AU  - Midwinter,Edward
TI  - The dancing master: vol. the first: or, directions for dancing country dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin 
PY  - 1728///]
CY  - London
PB  - Printed by W. Pearson and sold by Edward Midwinter ... and John Young
KW  -  
KW  - UkLoVW
KW  - Country dances
KW  - Dance music
KW  - England
KW  - Eighteenth century
N1  - The 18th edition is undated. The British Library estimated it at c. 1725 but Margaret Dean-Smith puts it at later than 1728, for various reasons. Probably in the range 1728-1732; Available as photocopy and on microfilm; With other collections in microfilm R 006, The dancing master [13th, 14th, 18th and other editions]
N2  - Originally published in 1651 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 18th edition is the last one of the original run. Information from Dean-Smith (1957)
ER  -