Post-period? Not quite. Playford, granted, is 1651 (or thereabouts), but the dances and the music collected therein are older. :-) The dances were known to English courtiers, before H8 and E1 brought in the Italian dance masters, who of course brought their own music. And the music passed to the country folk. And somewhere, Playford collected it all together, along with the dance steps. That's a very common thing for that time period.
Music geek? You could say that. I had to do the research for Minstrosity's "Tread the Measure" CD. Which includes some of Playford.
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Music geek? You could say that. I had to do the research for Minstrosity's "Tread the Measure" CD. Which includes some of Playford.