The largest single collection of English country dance tunes ever published. Jigs, triple jigs, set dances, waltzes, reels, hornpipes, polkas, quicksteps, Schottisches etc., with special features on Morris, Sword and Ceremonial tunes, the Northumbrian pipes, and facsimile reproductions of the complete first editions of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera (1729) and Playford’s The English Dancing Master (1651). Widely acclaimed by professional, folk and early music musicians. This is a second enlarged edition with some 1300 tunes. Sewn in sections with a laminated cover.
23cmsx30cms (9”x12”) 224 pages