TY - BOOK AU - Playford,John AU - Playford,Henry AU - Young,John TI - The dancing master: or, directions for dancing country dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin PY - 1709/// CY - London PB - Printed by W. Pearson and sold by John Young KW - KW - UkLoVW KW - Country dances KW - Dance music KW - England N1 - 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 14th edition was the second to be published by John Young, after the death of Henry Playford. Information from Dean-Smith (1957) ER -