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The Dancing Master, "Eighth Edition" (Playford, 1690)
Publisher: Henry Playford, at his Shop in the Temple-Change, Fleet-street, London (IMSLP scan; alphabetical index lists ~220 country dances with figure notation and tunes for treble-violin; preface claims this is the 8th edition, though edition numbering in the Playford series is unreliable)Year: 1690Family: playfordCatalog: local
Dance syllabus by Henry Playford, at his Shop in the Temple-Change, Fleet-street, London (IMSLP scan; alphabetical index lists ~220 country dances with figure notation and tunes for treble-violin; preface claims this is the 8th edition, though edition numbering in the Playford series is unreliable) (1690). Step-by-step detail available. Imported from local collection.