The Dancing Master
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[[Image:TheDancingMaster-1stEd-TitlePage.png|thumb|350px|Title page of the 1st edition of The Dancing Master (1651)]]
'''''The Dancing Master''''' (first edition: '''''The English Dancing Master''''') is a dancing manual containing the music and instructions for [[English Country Dance| English Country Dance]]s. It was published in several editions by [[John Playford]] and his successors from [[1651]] until c[[1728]]. Dances from ''The Dancing Master'' were re-published in arrangements by [[Cecil Sharp]] in the early 20th century.
The first edition of '''''The Dancing Master''''' contained 105 dances with single line melodies. Subsequent editions introduced new songs and dances, while dropping others.
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==Known Editions and Supplements==
* 1651 - 1st edition (the only edition to be called ''The English Dancing Master'', published by John Playford)
* 1652 - 2nd edition
* 1657 - 3rd edition
* 1665 - 3rd edition
* 1670 - 4th edition
* 1675 - 5th edition
* 1679 - 6th edition
* 1679 - A Supplement to The Dancing-Master
* 1686 - 7th edition
* 1687? - Tunes of other Country-Dances
* 1688? - A new Additional Sheet to the Dancing-Master
* 1689? - A new Addition to the Dancing-Master
* 1690 - 8th edition (the first marked as published by [[Henry Playford]])
* 1695 - 9th edition
* 1696 - The second Part of the Dancing Master
* 1698 - The Second Part of the Dancing Master, 2nd edition
* 1698? - [Untitled supplement]
* 1698? - An Additional Sheet to the Second Part of the Dancing-Master
* 1698 - 10th edition
* 1701 - 11th edition
* 1702 - Twenty Four New Country Dances. Printed by [[William Pearson]] for Henry Playford
* 1703 - 12th edition
* 1706 - 13th edition (the first edition published by [[John Young (publisher)|John Young]])
* 1709 - 14th edition
* 1710? - Vol. the second, 1st edition
* 1713 - 15th edition
* 1714? - Vol. the second, 2nd edition
* 1716 - 16th edition
* 1718 - Vol. the second, 3rd edition
* 1721 - Vol. the first, 17th edition
* c1726 - The Third Volume, 2nd edition
* c1728 - Vol. the first, 18th edition
* 1728 - Vol. the second, 4th edition
==See also==
* [[English Country Dance]]
==External links==
* http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.004 10th Edition, facsimile at Library of Congress.
* http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~flip/contrib/dance/playford.html First Edition
* http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/playford/ Second Edition
* http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/ Summary of all editions
* http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/round/playford/ What are 'Playford' dances?
* http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/english2.htm Online Playford Dance Reconstructions by John Garden
* http://www.tongang.se/masters The Dancing Masters: One of several music ensembles around the world devoting their music entirely to Playford's dances
* http://www.originsofplayforddance.com/ Traces back the origins of dances found in the Playford books
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