The Dancing Master (Playford, John)

		First Publication 1651 Genre Categories Country dances; Dances; For violin; Scores featuring the violin; For 1 player; For treble instrument; Scores with open instrumentation; For 3 recorders (arr); For 3 players; Scores featuring the recorder; For 3 saxophones (arr); Scores featuring the saxophone

Scores

• General (2)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (2)

General

10th edition, 1698

 Complete Book
*#72141 - 12.63MB, 284 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1933x⇩

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Bassani (21 July 2010)

Publisher Info.:

London: Printed by J. Heptinstall, for H. Playford, 1698.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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14th edition, 1709

 Complete Score
*#98453 - 12.62MB, 352 pages -  1.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 1111x⇩

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Fynnjamin (6 April 2011)

Publisher Info.:

London: Playford, 1709.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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Title-page missing; erroneous handwritten date and publisher's information.

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Selections

For 3 Recorders or 3 Saxophones (Yardley)

 Complete Score
*#189889 - 0.81MB, 35 pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 125x⇩

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Marc Lanoiselée (17 March 2012)

 Engraving files (Finale)
*#189890 - 1.11MB, ? pages -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 27x⇩

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Marc Lanoiselée (17 March 2012)

Arranger:

David Yardley

Editor:

Alberto Gomez Gomez

Publisher Info.:

Alberto Gomez Gomez

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 [tag all]

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These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.

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General Information

Work Title	The dancing master; or, Directions for dancing country dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin.
Alternative Title

Composer	Playford, John
First Publication	1651
Language	English
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	violin
External Links	Wikipedia article Robert Keller's compendium

Misc. Comments

Some pieces are written for violin with alternate (scordatura) tuning:
St. Dunstan or Clifford's Inn is written for violin tuned AEae. This tune first appeared in Supplement I of the 7th edition, issued 1687, along with
New Year's Eve, tuned ADae.
The Guilford: ADae (first appears 11th edition, 1701)