TY  - BOOK
AU  - Playford,John
AU  - Harper,Thomas
AU  - Stainer,John
TI  - The English dancing master, or, Plaine and easie rules for the dancing of country dances: with the tune to each dance
PY  - 1651///
CY  - London
PB  - Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by John Playford, at his shop in the Inner Temple neere the church doore
KW  - Seventeenth century
KW  - Country dances
KW  - Dance music
KW  - England
N1  - "Your servant to command, J.P." [John Playford] -- Introd; First edition. (Dean-Smith, 1957); Signatures: A-O4 [$3 signed (-A1, 2, B1; I2 signed 'H2')]; With other collections in Microfilm 001 [Collections of country dances by Bride, Cahusac, Johnson, Playford, Preston and Walsh] (R001).  MF545; Photocopy at QS 35.3
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. This is the first edition, with 105 dances (see Dean-Smith, 1957)
ER  -