Sheets with tunes from Dancing Master

This list has 63 sheets with 113 selected tunes. Tunes are linked to other sheets where they appear, possibly under a different title. Dances associated with tunes are shown in brackets, sometimes from the original sheet and sometimes not. You can also see the tunes listed by title. Suggestions and corrections are welcome. Please see the terms of use.


MM47 Dance tunes

Christchurch bells (for {Mister Shaw's canon}) / Gathering peascods MM72a MM264 / Merry, merry milkmaids / Lavena (for {Picking up sticks}) MM47a MM72a / Portsmouth

MM47a Lavena arrangement

Lavena (for {Picking up sticks}) MM47 MM72a

MM52 Playford tunes

Lull me beyond thee / Mister Isaac's maggot / Orleans baffled / Bobbing Joe aka Bobbing around / Up tails all / Up tails all countermelody 1 / Up tails all countermelody 2 / Up tails all three parts

MM72 Playford tunes

Chestnut aka Dove's figary (for {All Saints' Day}) / Upon a summer's day MM378 / Never love thee more MM72a / Arcadia / Arcadia countermelody

MM72a Playford tunes

Never love thee more MM72 / Never love thee more countermelody / Gathering peascods MM47 MM264 / Gathering peascods countermelody (1) / Lavena (for {Picking up sticks}) MM47 MM47a

MM77 Maggot Pie tunes

The doldrum / Green willow / The jovial beggars aka Parthenia / The happy clown MM77a / The merry Andrew (1) / The saucy sailor (1)

MM105 Playford tunes

Under and over (for {Jacob Hall's jig} and {Sting in the tail}) / Jacob Hall's jig MM177 / The Bishop / Zealand aka Noint the teazer / Zealand countermelody

MM111 18th century dances

Alterations / Alterations countermelody / Draper's Gardens / Draper's Gardens countermelody / The happy pair aka Royal wedding MM315 / The happy pair countermelody

MM124 English 18th century dance tunes

Delia / Huntington's maggot / The ladies' joy / Prince William (1)

MM129 Fiddle parts for 17th century English Playford dances

The mulberry garden MM129a / Oranges and lemons (2) MM129a / Jenny pluck pears MM129a MM268

MM129a Accordion parts for 17th century English Playford dances

The mulberry garden MM129 / Oranges and lemons (2) MM129 / Jenny pluck pears MM129 MM268

MM134 Playford tunes

Wood lark / Bury Fair / The British hero aka The British toper MM422 / The British hero countermelody / The country farmer / The country farmer countermelody

MM136 Dance tunes c1700

The Princess / Dame of honour / Jamaica / Jamaica countertune / The merry conceit

MM142 Badinage in the ballroom

Nymph divine / My Lord Byron's maggot / Rural dance / Miss Sayer's allemande

MM149 Playing with Playford

Parsons farewell / Nonesuch / A la mode de France (for {Nonesuch})

MM154 Tunes from The Dancing Master 1st edition

The health aka The merry wassail / Jack Pudding aka Merry Andrew (2) (for {Step stately}) / Woodicock (for {Whirligig})

MM154a Original tunes for Playford dances

Step stately / Whirligig / Maid in the moon aka Valentine's Day MM343

MM156 Grimstock

Grimstock

MM157 Triple jigs

Sir Roger de Coverley aka Roger de Coverley / The grenadiers / Mad Moll (1) aka Cuddle me cuddy or Peacock follow the hen / Mad Moll (2)

MM158 Winter tunes

In the fields in frost and snow aka In the fields of frost and snow / New Year's day in the morning / New Year's day in the morning second part

MM168 Border jigs (18th century)

The merry girls of York / The recruiting officer aka The recruitin' officer / The Bellingham boat

MM177 English country dance tunes

Jacob Hall's jig MM105 / My Lady Winwood's maggot MM370 / Bonnie Dundee aka Bonny Dundee

MM201 Caledonian / Hibernian ball?

The braes of Dornoch / Scotland / The Irish ground / Blue petticoats

MM206 New hornpipes in threes?

Cobbler's hornpipe (for {Mister Englefield's new hornpipe}) / A trip to the Jubilee (1) (for {Edinburgh Castle}) MM384 / Cheshire rounds / Dissolution of the monasteries

MM219a Miscellanea

Minuet in D minor (for {Dovetail}) / Doodling / Pine cones / Bar a bar aka Barr a barr, Windsor tarras or Windsor terrace MM353

MM220 Dances published by Walsh

Ely Court / Oswestry wake / Sally in our alley / Scotch Billy

MM228 English 18th century dance tunes

A health to all honest men / All alive MM228a / Rigadoon Royal (for {Peace be with you}) / Bellamira / The brick makers aka The brickmakers MM307

MM241 A seasonal medley

The Spring / The Spring countermelody MM241a / Spring garden / Easter Eve / Easter Thursday

MM246 Playford - 3's or 6's?

Whimbleton House / Sabina / Joy after sorrow / The mermaid

MM254 Fallibroome tunes

Monk's march with the wanders / Mount Hills / Buskin MM315 / Chelmsford Assembly MM311 / Miss Spark's maggot

MM256 17th century dance tunes

The soldier and the sailor / Anna Maria / Northern Nancy

MM264 Playford tunes

Gathering peascods MM47 MM72a / Gathering peascods countermelody (2) / Hambleton's round O / Hambleton's round O countermelody

MM268 A Playford arrangement

Jenny pluck pears MM129 MM129a

MM277 Dance tunes c1700

The hare's maggot (for {Up with Aily}) / Up with Aily / Britain's glory MM285 / If love's a sweet passion

MM285 Tunes from Dave Roberts

Britain's glory MM277 / Sir Watkin's jigg / Carshalton oaks (for {Surrey Hills})

MM300 Marches

Doctor Fauster's tumblers aka Doctor Foster's tumblers MM412 / The King enjoys his own again / March in Scipio aka King George's march / Blenheim House

MM307 17th and 18th century tunes for set dances

Newcastle / The barley mow / The brick makers aka The brickmakers MM228 / The dressed ship MM310

MM311 Miscellanea

Chelmsford Assembly MM254 / The cuckoo aka The cookow / The Indian Swede

MM314 Tunes by Henry Purcell

Saint Martin's Lane / Siege of Limerick / Short and sweet / Lilli Burlero aka Protestant boys MM396

MM315 Dances from Fallibroome

Saint James' beauties / Buskin MM254 / The happy pair aka Royal wedding MM111

MM320 Tunes by Henry Purcell

The hole in the wall / New Whitehall / Rondeau

MM331 Countermelodies

Dunham Oaks / Dunham Oaks countermelody / Red House / Red House countermelody

MM335 Tunes for Lord of Carnarvon's jig

Lord of Carnarvon's jig / Jack a Lent (for {Lord of Carnarvan's jegg})

MM337 Tunes for The geud man of Ballangigh

Hunt the squirrel (for The {geud man of Ballangigh}) / The geud man of Ballangigh aka A New Scotch Jigg

MM342a Winter tunes

Winter wonderland MM342 / Drive the cold winter away

MM343 Playford tunes

Valentine's Day aka Maid in the moon MM154a / Come sweet lass aka Come sweet maid (for {Greenwich Park}) / Lassie will you dance / Love's triumph / Come let's away to the bridal

MM350 Love dances

Love in a mask / Love and beauty aka Love and duty / Love forever / Love in a village aka Brook's reel, Broom's reel, Broun's reel, Duke of Perth or Duke of Riff's reel

MM353 Dance tunes ancient and modern

Barr a barr aka Bar a bar, Windsor tarras or Windsor terrace MM219a / Emperor of the Moon / After dinner maggot

MM370 My Lady Winwood's maggot

My Lady Winwood's maggot MM177 / My Lady Winwood's maggot countermelody

MM378 Playford tunes

Upon a summer's day MM72 / Pinks and lillies / Strawberries and cream / Cream pot

MM379 18th century triple time tunes

The punch-bowl / News from Tripoly / Orange Nan / Ladies pull off your hoops

MM384 Dance tunes c1750

A trip to the Jubilee (1) (for {Edinburgh Castle}) MM206 / A trip to the Jubilee (2) / Come let's be merry

MM396 Jigs from The Dancing Master

Chelsea Reach aka Buckingham-House or Chelsey Reach / The tythe pig / Nonesuch II / Lilli Burlero aka Protestant boys MM314

MM403 Marches from The Dancing Master

Maiden Lane / Waltham Abbey / The French embassador aka The parson's cap / Bugbee's Hole aka The Beadle of Grubb Street or Burghee's Hole

MM404 Jigs for English places

Epping Forrest / Wolverton Hall / Woodstock Park

MM412 Marches and polkas

Quickstep in the Battle of Prague / Doctor Fauster's tumblers aka Doctor Foster's tumblers MM300 / Tip-top polka / The lollipop man / The sloe aka The slave MM61

MM416 Slow jigs for English dances

I care not for these ladies / Mall Peatley aka Moll Pately or Moll Peatly / Hide Parke aka Hyde Park / Frances Ann's delight / Shandy Hall

MM425 Early Playford tunes

Oaken leaves / Millfield / Saturday night and Sunday morn / Peppers black / The punk's delight (the new way) / Glory of the Sun / Ten pound lass

MM442 Triple-time tunes from The Dancing Master

Saint Margaret's Hill / Dick's maggot aka Double the cape / Mister Beveridge's maggot / Barham Down

MM452 18th century English jigs

Trip to Highgate / Prince William (3) / Nampwich Fair aka Namptwich Fair / Auretti's Dutch skipper aka The fifth of April, Oldham's frolick or Widow's jigg

MM473 Slow jigs from The Dancing Master

Row well ye mariners / Green sleeves and yellow lace / Hunsdon House / Bouzer Castle

MM481 Triple-time tunes by Henry Purcell

Let monarchs fight for power and fame (for {Michael and all angels}) / Amphitryon (for {Enfield Common}) / Wa' is me, what mun I do! (for {Epson Wells}) / Volpony

MM484 English (and one Spanish) jigs

Spanish jigg / The fandango / The King of Spain aka Himno de Riego / The pilgrim aka The Lord Phopington

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