Annotation:Dance of Death

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DANCE OF DEATH. AKA and see "Shaking the Sheet." AKA - "Shaking of the Sheet(s) [1]," "The Nightpiece." Appears in Playford's Dancing Master (1651) as "The Nightpiece."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 37 (Playford facsimile).

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