The Compleat Country Dancing-Master (Walsh, John)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 books
First Publication	1740 ca.
Genre Categories	Country dances; Dances; Ecossaises; Gigues; For violin; Scores featuring the violin; For 1 player; For oboe; Scores featuring the oboe; For flute; Scores featuring the flute; For treble instrument; Scores with open instrumentation; For treble instrument, continuo; Scores with basso continuo; For 1 player with continuo; For violin, continuo
Related Works	The Dancing Master by John Playford

Sheet Music

Book 1
*#41760 - 5.27MB, 109 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4495×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Book 2
*#770389 - 4.42MB, 106 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 114×⇩ - Fynnjamin

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Editor	Book 1: 4th edition Book 2: 3rd edition
Publisher. Info.	London: John Walsh, n.d.[ca.1740].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Book 1 has a second title-page with the addition "Volume the Fourth"
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Work Title	The Compleat Country Dancing-Master, Being a Collection of all the Celebrated Country Dances now in Vogue. Perform'd at Court, the Theatres, Masquerades, and Publick Balls With Proper Tunes and Directions to each Dance. The Tunes fitted for the Violin, Hoboy, or German Flute.
Alternative. Title
Composer	Walsh, John
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 books Book 1: 300 tunes Book 2: 204 tunes
First Publication.	1740 ca.
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Baroque
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	violin (or oboe or flute). The Irish Ground (Bk.1 No.41) includes ground bass, i.e. continuo
Related Works	The Dancing Master by John Playford
Extra Information	Bk.1 No.68 New Year's Eve - ADae scordatura tuning ("tune the bass string to a 4th")