PLAYFORD, John. Add that he commenced business as a book publisher about 1648. His first musical publication was ‘The English Dancing Master: or Plaine and easie rules for the dancing of Country Dances,
’ with the tune to each dance, bearing the date 1651, but really issued in or about Nov. 1650, which became very popular, and during the next 80 years, under the title of ‘The Dancing Master,
’ ran through 18 editions.
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