Annotation:Miss Nicol of Stonehaven's Minuet
X:1 T:Miss Nicol of Stonehaven's Minuet M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Minuet B:Archibald Duff – A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. B:Book First (Edinburgh, c. 1812, p. 6) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105810922 N:Archibald Duff (c. 1770-c. 1840?) was a musician (along with his brother Charles) and dancing N:master, of Montrose and Aberdeen, and is recorded as being a Professor of Music residing at N:Clayills Cottage, Aberdeen in 1837. N:The volume is dedicated to Lady Mary Ramsay of Balmain Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb B4 (A/G/F/E/)|E2 zB,EG|(G>F E).B,.E.G|F2E2z2|A4 (G/F/E/D/)| B4 (A/G/F/E/)|1 (cde).B.A.G|(GF)(ED)(CB,):|c/(d/e/)E/ G2F2|F4-E2|| |:[G,2E2B2g2] gebg|gfedcB|(dcB).=A.G.F|f2- (3f.d.B (3.e.c.=A| (BFB).d.c.e|(3def (3.f.d.B (3.e.c.=.A|.B/.F/.G/=.A/ (.B/.c/.d/.e/ .f/.g/=.a/.b/)|{^a}g.f/.e/ d2~c2|B6|B3 =B cG|_A3 =A BF| (G/4A/4G/4F/4G/B/) (AG)(FE)|(GF)(ED)(CB,)|B4 (A/G/F/E/)|E2zB,EG| (GFE).B,.E.G|F2E2z2|A4 (G/F/E/)D/|B4 (A/G/F/)E/|(c/d/e/)E/ G2TF2|F4 E2:|]
MISS NICOL OF STONEHAVEN'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Perhaps the daughter of William Nicol M.D. (1765-1827), who studied in Aberdeen and became a Doctor of Medicine in 1803, in the meantime serving in the Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate. Later he was appointed Surgeon to the flagship H.M.S. Leander, and saw a good deal of life in Lisbon, Gibraltar, Naples, Malta and elsewhere. He recorded his experiences in a diary and letter to his father. In 1794 he married Margaret Dyce, only surviving child of a merchant and burgess of Aberdeen. The couple had several surviving daughters: Jane (1795-1841), Mary (1797-1867), Margaret (1799-1860), Elizabeth (1802-1868), and Christina (1811-1845). Some of the daughters may have been dance or music pupils of dancing master and musician biography:Archibald Duff."
Stonehaven is a town in Kincardine, Aberdeenshire, on the coast of northeast Scotland.
