Call No.: QS 35.3 Safe The dancing master : or, directions for dancing country dances with the figure and tunes to each dance / - The fourth edition: in which is added many new dances, never printed before, also all the tunes carefully corrected, and amended. - London Printed by W. Godbid, and are to be sold by John Playford, 1670. - 155 p. : ill., music ; 11 cm.

Available as photocopy and on microfilm.

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 fourth edition contained 155 dances, including 33 new ones (see Dean-Smith, 1957).

In: The dancing master [4th, 8th, and 9th editions] On microfilm R 004



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