Annotation:Lord Cathcart's Minuet: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''' ---- <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> '''LORD CATHCART'S MINUET.''' English, Minuet. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From...") |
m (Text replacement - "garamond, serif" to "sans-serif") |
||
| (One intermediate revision by one other user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''' | =='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
'''LORD CATHCART'S MINUET.''' English, Minuet. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr. Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery's invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Québec from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly's dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York. See note for "[[Annotation:Lord Cathcart]]" for more on Cathcart. | '''LORD CATHCART'S MINUET.''' English, Minuet. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr. Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery's invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Québec from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly's dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York. See note for "[[Annotation:Lord Cathcart]]" for more on Cathcart. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
<p><font face=" | <p><font face="sans-serif" size="4"> | ||
''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ||
</font></p> | </font></p> | ||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
'''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]''' | =='''Back to [[{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]'''== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:17, 6 May 2019
Back to Lord Cathcart's Minuet
LORD CATHCART'S MINUET. English, Minuet. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr. Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery's invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Québec from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly's dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York. See note for "Annotation:Lord Cathcart" for more on Cathcart.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: