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Creators:
John Playford
Unknown
Sources:
The English Dancing Master (1st Edition) (1651)
The Dancing Master (3rd Edition) (1657)
The Dancing Master (4th Edition) (1670)
Pattricke Manuscript (1649)
The Dancing Master (2nd Edition) (1652)
Links:
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Evidence for English Country Dances in the Sixteenth Century (Letter of Dance)
Letter: Set and Turn: to face or not to face? (Letter of Dance)
Letter: English Country Dancing: Pro and Contra (Letter of Dance)
Letter: Set and Turn: to face or not to face? (revisited) (Letter of Dance)
The Origin of English Country Dance (Letter of Dance)
To Tame a Pretty Conceit
Introduction to Part II of Cecil Sharp's
Country Dance Book
. (The Round)
Origins of the "Playford Dances"
Database of all editions of Playford, with facsimiles
Estienne's Country Dance Book
Reconstructing an English Country Dance from Playford (Letter of Dance)
Letter: The Double Hey (Letter of Dance)
Letter: Sidings (Letter of Dance)
Notes:
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Style:
15th Century Italian
16th Century Italian
Basse Dance
Bransles
English Country Dance
Gresley
Improvised Dances
Pavanes, Almans, and Measures
Creator:
Andrea da Gaeta
Antonio Cornazano
Bastiano
Battistino
Cesare Negri
Domenico da Piacenza
Ercole Santucci
Fabritio Caroso
Giuseppe Ebreo
Guglielmo Ebreo (Giovanni Ambrogio)
Il Papa
Ippolito Ghidotti da Crema
John Playford
Livio Lupi da Caravaggio
Lorenzo de Medici
Marsetto da Perugia
Oratio Martire
Paolo Arnandes
Stefano
Thoinot Arbeau
Unknown
Various
Set for:
1 couple
2 couples
3 couples
4 couples
Many couples
1 person
3 people
4 people
Many people
3 men, 2 women
3 men, 1 woman
5 men, 1 woman
6 men, 4 women
2 men, 4 women
Source:
Unknown
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Magliabecchiano XIX 88 (Fn)
Various
Foligno, Seminario Vescovile, Biblioteca Jacobilli, D.I.42 (FOLj)
Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Cod. Antinori 13 (Fl)
Siena, Biblioteca Comunale, L.V. 29
Brussels Manuscript (1445)
Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Ital. 972 (PnD) (1450)
Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Ital. 973 (PnG) (1463)
Libro Dell'arte Del Danzare (Rvat) (1465)
New York, Public Library, Dance Collection, MGZMBZ-Res. 72-254 (NYp) (1470)
Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, It. II. 34 (Vnm) (1475)
Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Ital. 476 (PnA) (1475)
Toulouze Incunabulum (1490)
Cervera Manuscript (1496)
Salisbury Manuscript (1497)
Gresley Manuscript (1500)
Nurnberg Manuscript (1517)
Antoine Arena's Treatise (1529)
Jacques Moderne's Basses Dances Book (1532)
Firenze, Bib. Nazionale, ms. Magl. XIX 31 (1540)
Il Papa Manuscript (1550)
Letter by Antonio Serguidi (1559)
Chigi Manuscript (1560)
Inns of Court Documents (1570)
Il Ballarino (1581)
Orchesographie (1589)
Nobilta di Dame (1600)
Le Gratie d'Amore (1602)
Libro di Gagliarda, Tordiglione Passo e Mezzo Canari e Passeggi (1607)
Mastro da Ballo (1614)
Pattricke Manuscript (1649)
The English Dancing Master (1st Edition) (1651)
The Dancing Master (2nd Edition) (1652)
The Dancing Master (3rd Edition) (1657)
The Dancing Master (4th Edition) (1670)
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Database of all editions of Playford, with facsimiles
Estienne's Country Dance Book