The English dancing master, or, Plaine and easie rules for the dancing of country dances : with the tune to each dance
QS 35.3 Safe The English dancing master, or, Plaine and easie rules for the dancing of country dances : with the tune to each dance Plaine and easie rules for the dancing of country dances Plain and easy rules for the dancing of country dances - London : Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold by John Playford, at his shop in the Inner Temple neere the church doore, 1651. - [1] leaf, [6], 104 p. : 1 ill. (etching), music ; 15 x 20 cm (4to)
"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')]
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).
[Collections of country dances by Bride, Cahusac, Johnson, Playford, Preston and Walsh] On microfilm R 001
Acc. 2245: Armorial bookplate of Sir John Stainer on front paste down, late 19th-century. Purchased by Hodgson from Stainer sale, and accessioned into the library collection on 7th December 1934.
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