Annotation:Martini's Minuet

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MARTINI'S MINUET. AKA and see "H. Martini's Favorite Minuet." English, Minuet (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. A very popular tune, to judge from the numerous times it appears in latter 18th century publications and musicians' manuscript collections. According to Kate Van Winkler Keller (1992), the composer has not been established and published music by several Italian musicians of this name were extent during the period. Early publications containing the minuet include Charles and Samuel Thompson's The Compleat Tutor for the Hautboy (London, 1770), Samuel, Ann and Peter Thompson's Compleat Instuctions for the Clarinet (London, 1785), and Thomas Cahusac's The Compleat Tutor for the German Flute (London, 1788). In addition, the dance tune appears in numerous period musicians' manuscript collections from both sides of the Atlantic.

Source for notated version: the music manuscript of Captain George Bush (1753?-1797), a fiddler and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution [Keller].

Printed sources: Keller (Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution), 1992; p. 10. Wilson (Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 165.

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