Annotation:Air (38)
X:1 T:Air [38] M:2/4 L:1/8 C:Pleyel Q:"Andante Grasioso" B:Archibald Duff – A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. B:Book First (Edinburgh, c. 1812, p. 9) 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:E ([GB]>e) [GB]z/[E/G/]|[FA][FA] [B,2F2]|.[G,E].[G,E][.B,F][B,F]|(G/E/).B/.G/ Fz| [GB]>e [GB]z/[E/G/]|.[FA].[FA] [B,2F2]|(3G/B/d/ (3e/B/G/ ETF|[A,2F2][G,E]z|| [DF]>[EG] [F/A/][E/G/][F/A/][D/F/]|E>G B>e|e/d/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|[E2G2] [D/F/]G/A/^A/| [GB]>e [GB]z/[E/G/]|[FA][FA][D2F2]|G/B/ d/4e/4.B/4.G/4 ETF|[A,2F2][G,E]||
AIR [38]. Austrian, Air (2/4 time). E Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is attributed to Austrian/French composer wikipedia:Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) in Archibald Duff's Choice Selection (c. 1812).
