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unusual facts about John Playford


Stage jig

A famous 17th century jig called Kemp's Jig was named after Will Kempe and was published in the first book of John Playford's The English Dancing Master of 1651.


Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy

The collection started as a single book compiled and published by Henry Playford who had succeeded his father John Playford as the leading music publisher of the period.


see also

Dancing master

The Dancing Master, a dance manual, first published by John Playford in 1651