Annotation:Lady Betty Stanley's Minuet: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | <p><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"> | ||
'''LADY BETTY STANLEY'S MINUET'''. The tune was written by [[biography:Thomas Alexander Erskine]], Viscount Fenton, Sixth Earl of Kelly, born at Kellie Castle in Fife in 1732 and familiarly known as "Fiddler Tam". It honors the wife of Lord Stanley, a twenty-two year old aristocrat given to horse-racing and cock-fighting, and, like Kelly, fond of his pleasures. | '''LADY BETTY STANLEY'S MINUET'''. The tune was written by [[biography:Thomas Alexander Erskine]], Viscount Fenton, Sixth Earl of Kelly, born at Kellie Castle in Fife in 1732 and familiarly known as "Fiddler Tam". It honors the wife of Lord Stanley, a twenty-two year old aristocrat given to horse-racing and cock-fighting, and, like Kelly, fond of his pleasures. | ||
[[File:erskine.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Lord Kelly]] | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 21:35, 27 March 2015
Back to Lady Betty Stanley's Minuet
LADY BETTY STANLEY'S MINUET. The tune was written by biography:Thomas Alexander Erskine, Viscount Fenton, Sixth Earl of Kelly, born at Kellie Castle in Fife in 1732 and familiarly known as "Fiddler Tam". It honors the wife of Lord Stanley, a twenty-two year old aristocrat given to horse-racing and cock-fighting, and, like Kelly, fond of his pleasures.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: