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'''FAYETTE'S MINUET'''. American (?), Minuet (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title perhaps is "Lafayette's Minuet."  
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''Source for notated version'': the late 18th century manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr.  Henry Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 Livingston was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which invaded Canada in Montgomery's failed attempt to wrest Montreal 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 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.  
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X:1 T:Fayette's Minuet M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Minuet S:Henry Livingston's manuscript copybook, late 18th century Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G |: D2 | G3 ABc | d3 cBA | G2 (3gab ag | !trill!(f2e2)d2 | e2d2 (3gab | c2B2 (3efg | edcBAG | {B}A4D2 | G3 ABc | d3 cBA | G2 (3gab ag | f2e2d2 | e2d2 (3gab | c2B2g2 | (3edc B2A2 | G4 :: d2 | ga b2g2 | fg a2d2 | (ef) g2B2 | (cd) e2 (dc) | Bd g2f2 | ed c2B2 | edcBAG | {B}A4D2 | G3 ABc | d2 cBA | G2 (3gab ag | !trill!f2e2d2 | e2d2 (3gab | c2B2 (3efg | (3edc B2A2 | G4 :||



FAYETTE'S MINUET. American (?), Minuet (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title perhaps is "Lafayette's Minuet."


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Source for notated version : - the late 18th century manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr. Henry Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 Livingston was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which invaded Canada in Montgomery's failed attempt to wrest Montreal 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 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.








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