I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Ollie Cromwell and his merry band of Puritans, who carried the denial of music and dance to the extreme limit of actually killing people who dared to show, publicly, any enjoyment of life, or colour of dress..

You clearly didn't read my post. The first edition of Playford's dancing master was published in 1651 just two years after the end of the civil war and the execution of Charles I.

A second edition was published in 1652 and a third in 1657, all during the commonwealth. Given that all publication had to be the licensed by the Stationer's Company at that time, how does that square with the alleged suppression of music and dancing during Cromwell's time?

In fact the suppression was in church and it is likely that public events involving dancing were suppressed, but not social dancing. It is reputed that Cromwell himself enjoyed social dancing. It was a recognised social accomplishment at that time.

I agree that some of Cromwell's more extreme followers may not have liked music and dancing, but The Dancing Master would not have required three editions during the Commonwealth if dancing had been totally suppressed or at best it would have circulated as a clandestine publication rather than being on open sale.