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|f_annotation=PRINCE OF WALES MINUET, THE. Scottish(?), Minuet (3/4 time). | |f_annotation=PRINCE OF WALES MINUET, THE. Scottish(?), Minuet (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition was credited to "Gardel" in Montrose and Aberdeen dancing master and musician [[biography:Archibald Duff]]'s c. 1812 '''Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltz's &c.''' The air that directly follows it, "[[Gavot (4)]]" may have been part of an extended dance, if not by Gardel, then perhaps an arrangement by Duff to showcase his dancing master skills. | ||
|f_printed_sources=A | |f_printed_sources=Archibald Duff ('''A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c., Book First'''), Edinburgh, c. 1812; p. 3. | ||
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PRINCE OF WALES MINUET, THE. Scottish(?), Minuet (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition was credited to "Gardel" in Montrose and Aberdeen dancing master and musician biography:Archibald Duff's c. 1812 Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltz's &c. The air that directly follows it, "Gavot (4)" may have been part of an extended dance, if not by Gardel, then perhaps an arrangement by Duff to showcase his dancing master skills.
