Playford, John, 1623-1686?

LC control no.	n 50019902
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Playford, John, 1623-1686? *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	J. P. (John Playford), 1623-1686? P., J. (John Playford), 1623-1686? Playford, J. (John), 1623-1686?
Birth date	1623
Death date	1686?
Place of birth	Norwich (England)
Place of death	London (England)
Affiliation	Stationers' Company (London, England)
Profession or occupation	Booksellers and bookselling Music publishers Composers
Found in	His Introd. to the skill of music, 1674. His Court-ayres, 1655: ded. signed (J.P.) Portman, R. The souls life, 1660: imprint on t.p. (J. Playford; shop in the Temple) Plomer, H. Dict. of the booksellers and printers ... 1641 to 1667, 1907 (Playford, John; bookseller in London, b. 1623-1686??; Inner Temple near the church door; dealer of music books; in partnership with John Benson and Zachariah Watkins, 1664-5; worked with printers Thomas Harper, 1648-52; William Godbid, 1658-78; Ann Godbid and her partner John Playford, the younger, 1679-83; and John Playford the younger, 1684-5; succeeded by his son Henry) New Grove (under Playford: John Playford (i); b. 1623, Norwich, d. ?Dec. 1686, London; music publisher and bookseller, clerk to the Temple Church and vicar-choral of St. Paul's Cathedral) Grove music online, Sept. 8, 2004 (under Playford: John Playford (i); b. 1623, Norwich, d. between Dec. 24, 1686 and Feb. 7, 1687, London) Wikipedia, August 18, 2020 (John Playford; John Playford (1623-1686/7) was a London bookseller, publisher, minor composer, and member of the Stationers' Company, who published books on music theory, instruction books for several instruments, and psalters with tunes for singing in churches; he is perhaps best known today for his publication of The English Dancing Master in 1651; Playford was born in Norwich, the younger son of John Playford; he apparently died in Arundel Street about November 1686)