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Theme code Index	111 321
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Minuet
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Joseph Hill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Compleat Tutor for the German Flute
Tune and/or Page number	p. 36
Year of publication/Date of MS	1762
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Title of recording
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Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:2
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T:Lady Coventry'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 
G2GG (3GAB|B2A2G2|B2BB(3Bcd|{d}c4B2|
d4 g>f|d4 g>f|(e>d)(d>c)(c>B)|{B}A6:|
|:(3ded ddcc|TB3cd2|(3ded ddcc|TB3cd2|
(g2d2)c2|d2f2g2|(3edc B2A2|G6:|

X:1
%
T:Lady Coventry's Minuet
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Minuet
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 68, p. 27)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2G2 (3GAB |B2A2G2|B2B2 (3Bcd|d2c2B2|d4 (gf)|e4 (ge)|
(ed)(dc)(cB)|B2 A4:||:(de) d2c2|B3c d2|(de) d2c2|B3c d2|
(de) d2c2|B3c d2|g2f2e2|d2f2g2|(3edc B2A2|G6:|]

X:1
T:Lady Coventry's. Retreat.
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 31, p. 7)
N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined  the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, 
N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in 
N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. 
N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see
N: https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2 G>G (3GAB|{B}A4 G2|B2 B>B (3Bcd|d2 c4 {B}|
d4 ge|{d}d4 ge|eddccB|{B}A4:|
|:(3ded d2c2|B2c2d2|(3ded ddcc|B2c2d2|
(g2f2)e2|(d2f2)g2|(3edc B2A2 G4:|
|:(3GBd (3gGG (3GAB|B2 A4 G2|(3Bdg (3bBB (3def|{d}c4 B2|
(3dBc (3def (3gfe|(3dBc (3def (3gfe|(3edb (3dca (3cBg|B2 A4:|
|:(3d-e.d (3d-B.d (3.cA-c|(3B-A.G Bcd d2|(3d-e.d (3d-B.d (3c-A.c|(3B-A.G (3Bcd d2|
(3g-a.g (3f-g.f (3e-f.e|(3d-B.c (3d-e.f (3g-b.d|(3ed B2A2|G4:|]

X: 9
%
T: Lady Coventry's Minuet
B: Peacocks' Tunes (1805)
L: 1/8
M: 3/4
Z: Valerio M. Pelliccioni
K: G
G2 G2 (3GAB|B2A2G2|B2B2 (3Bcd|d4 (ge)|d4 (ge)|(ed)(dc)(dB)|B2A4:||
||:(de) d2c2|B2> c d2|(de) d2c2|B2> c d2|g2f2e2|d2f2g2|(3edc B2A2|G4:||

X:3
%
T:Lady Coventry's Minuet
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 162)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2G2 (3GAB|B2A2G2|B2B2 (3Bcd|d2c2B2|
d4 ge|d4 ge|eddccB|B4 A2||
de/d/ d2c2|B3cd2|de/d/ d2c2|B3c d2|
g2f2e2|d2f2g2|{f}ed/c/ B2 TA2|G6||

X:1
%
T:Lady Coventry’s Minuet
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Minuet
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1853, p. 184)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:G
G2G2 (3GAB|{B}A4 {GA}G2|B2 B2 (3Bcd|{d}c4 {Bc}B2|
d4 g>e|{e}d4 g>e|{f}ed {e}dc {d}cB|B2 {AB}A4:|
|:ddddcc|{c}B3c d2|ddddcc|B3 c d2|
g2f2e2|d2f2g2|{f}ed/c/ B2A2|{A}G4:|]

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