Annotation:Fisher's Minuet
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FISHER'S MINUET. English, Minuet (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was included in a surprising number of late 18th century American musicians' manuscript collections and copybooks, from Henry Beck's c. 1786 flute commonplace book to J. Williams (Salem, New York) c. 1799 commonplace book for his clarinet. Printed versions can be found in Robert Shaw's The Gentleman's Amusement (printed in Philadelphia by Benjamin Carr in 1794), Edward Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 2 (New York, 1817), and George Willig's New and Complete Preceptor for the Fife (Baltimore, 1826).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Wilson (A Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 164.
Recorded sources:
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