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The Dancing-master [electronic resource] : Or, Directions for dancing country dances, with the tunes to each dance, for the treble-violin. The fourteenth edition, containing above 350 of the choicest old and new tunes now used at court, and other publick places. The whole work revised and done in the new ty'd-note, and much more correct than any former editions.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Dancing master.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violin music.
- Country-dances (Music).
- Dance music--England.
- Dance music.
- Dance--Early works to 1800.
- Dance.
- Dance--England--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([8], 358 p. ) ill., music ;
- Other Title:
- English dancing master
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by W. Pearson, and sold by John Young, musical-instrument-marker, at the Dolphin and Crown at the West End of St. Paul's Church, and Mich. Raw'ins, musical-instrument-maker in the Strand, near Charing-Cross, 1709.
- Notes:
- Includes tunes followed by directions for each dance
- First ed. published in 1651 by John Playford as: The English dancing master
- Engraved ill. t.p.: "The dancing schoole"
- Signatures: A⁴ B-Z⁶ Aa-Gg⁶ Hh³ Ii²
- Includes index
- The music is printed from moveable type
- References: Dean-Smith, M. 'Playford's English dancing master' (London, 1957), p. xxvii
- Price on title page: Price Bound 3s. 6d.
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T301019.
- OCLC:
- 609690643
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