The dancing-master: or, Directions for dancing country dances : with the tunes to each dance for the treble-violin.

Format:

• Microformat

Author/Creator:

• Playford, John, 1623-1686?

Contributor:

• Playford, Henry, 1657-

Series:

• Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1976:5.

Standardized Title:

• English dancing master.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dance--Early works to 1800.
• Dance.
• Country-dances (Music)--Early works to 1800.
• Country-dances (Music).
• Dance music--England--Early works to 1800.
• Violin music--Early works to 1800.
• Violin music.
• Dance music.
• England.

Genre:

• Violin music.

Physical Description:

• 8 unnumbered pages, 196, pages198, 194-195, 201-202, 198-199, 205-206, 202-203, 209-215, that is, 216 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : music, engr. (woodcut)
• 35 mm
• monochrome
• service copy
• positive

Edition:

The tenth edition; with additions of several new dances and tunes never before printed.

Other Title:

• Dancing-master.
• Directions for dancing country dances.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed by J. Heptinstall, for Samuel Sprint at the Bell in Little-Britain, and H. Playford at his Shop in the Temple-Change, or at his House in Arundel-street in the Strand, 1698.

Notes:

• Preface signed: H.P. [i.e. Henry Playford].
• Title page engraved (woodcut).
• Place of publication from Wing.
• First ed. published as: The English dancing master. 1650.
• Signatures: A4 B-R6, S2 T6 [T2 mis-signed S2] U4 [-U4].
• Leaves following p.196 (S2v) lack catchwords.
• With an index, table and advertisement.
• Pagination has numerous mistakes; text appears to be continuous.
• Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
• Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1989. 1 microfilm reel 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1976:05). s1989 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) P2476.

OCLC:

55726706