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|f_annotation='''MINUET DE LA COUR.''' English, Minuet (3/4 time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "The Minuet de la Cour and Allemande" was performed in the last scene, a Masquerade, in '''The Chapter of Accidents''', staged in London in 1784 and subsequently appeared (tune and dance) inserted in several London theater productions, often called "The Minuet de la Cour and Gavot." The piece is listed as "A French Air" in George Forrester's '''Flute Player's Pocket Companion''' (c. 1817). It is sometimes given that it was composed "for the Queen", and the dance is said to date to the mid-17th century from the French court.
|f_annotation='''MINUET DE LA COUR.''' English, Minuet (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The dance is said to date to the mid-17th century from the French court.  "The Minuet de la Cour and Allemande" was performed in the last scene, a Masquerade, in '''The Chapter of Accidents''', staged in London in 1784 and subsequently appeared (tune and dance) inserted in several London theater productions, often called "The Minuet de la Cour and Gavot." Like "Gavotte de Vestris," the  "Minuet  de  la  Cour" was a ballet  divertissement  'test piece',  a classic  that  every  dancer  of  any  pretensions attempted. Usually  it  was  danced  by  a man  and  a woman, but  Cerrito  as  the  lady  and  Fanny Elssler  as  the cavalier  were  a London  sensation  in  1843  that  even the  queen  and  her  prince-consort  went  to  see. It is sometimes given that it was composed "for the Queen".  
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The Minuet de la Cour was taught by American dancing master John Durang ("[[Durang's Hornpipe]]") at his dancing academy, and choreography for it appears in son Charles Durang's '''The Fashionable Dancer's Casket."   
The Minuet de la Cour was taught by American dancing master John Durang ("[[Durang's Hornpipe (1)]]") at his dancing academy, and choreography for it appears in son Charles Durang's '''The Fashionable Dancer's Casket."   
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|f_printed_sources= Forrester ('''Flute Player's Pocket Companion'''), c. 1817; p. 4. Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 623. Morrison ('''Twenty-Four Early American Country Dances, Cotillions & Reels, for the Year 1976'''), 1976; p. 17. Westrop ('''120 Country Dances'''), c. 1860's. Wilson ('''A Companion to the Ball Room'''), 1816; p. 17.
|f_printed_sources= Archibald Duff ('''A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. Book First'''), Edinburgh, c. 1812; p. 1.
Forrester ('''Flute Player's Pocket Companion'''), c. 1817; p. 4. Elias Howe ('''Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7'''), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 623. Morrison ('''Twenty-Four Early American Country Dances, Cotillions & Reels, for the Year 1976'''), 1976; p. 17. Westrop ('''120 Country Dances'''), c. 1860's. Wilson ('''A Companion to the Ball Room'''), 1816; p. 17.
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MINUET DE LA COUR. English, Minuet (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The dance is said to date to the mid-17th century from the French court. "The Minuet de la Cour and Allemande" was performed in the last scene, a Masquerade, in The Chapter of Accidents, staged in London in 1784 and subsequently appeared (tune and dance) inserted in several London theater productions, often called "The Minuet de la Cour and Gavot." Like "Gavotte de Vestris," the "Minuet de la Cour" was a ballet divertissement 'test piece', a classic that every dancer of any pretensions attempted. Usually it was danced by a man and a woman, but Cerrito as the lady and Fanny Elssler as the cavalier were a London sensation in 1843 that even the queen and her prince-consort went to see. It is sometimes given that it was composed "for the Queen".

The Minuet de la Cour was taught by American dancing master John Durang ("Durang's Hornpipe (1)") at his dancing academy, and choreography for it appears in son Charles Durang's The Fashionable Dancer's Casket."


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Printed sources : - Archibald Duff (A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. Book First), Edinburgh, c. 1812; p. 1. Forrester (Flute Player's Pocket Companion), c. 1817; p. 4. Elias Howe (Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 623. Morrison (Twenty-Four Early American Country Dances, Cotillions & Reels, for the Year 1976), 1976; p. 17. Westrop (120 Country Dances), c. 1860's. Wilson (A Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 17.






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