Annotation:Lady Augusta Hay's Minuet (1)
X:1 T:Lady Augusta Hay's Minuet [1] 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. 5) 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:Bb b4 (f/g/f/e/)|d2Tc2B2|G3 (B/A/ c/B/A/G/)|GF F4|(Ge)(ed)(dc)| (Bg)(gf)(fb)|1 (gf).b.f.e.d|d4c2:|2 (a/g/).f/.e/ d2Tc2|c4 B2|| |:c2 F>c e>c|d2 (B/c/d/e/) (g/f/e/d/)|c2 F>c e>c|d2 (B>d) (g/f/e/d/)|Tg2 egbg| (f/g/e/)(.c/ .B/.c/.d/.e/ .f/.g/.a/.b/)|{b}g>f e2d2|(c/d/).c/.B/ (A/B/).A/.G/ F2|b4 (f/g/f/e/) |d2Tc2B2| (G3 B/)(A/ c/B/A/G/)|G>F F4|(Ge)(ed)(dc)|(Bg)(gf)(fb)|(a/g/f/e/) d2 Tc2|c4 B2:|]
LADY AUGUSTA HAY'S MINUET [1]. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). Archibald Duff (c. 1770-c. 1840?) was a musician (along with his brother Charles) and dancing master of Montrose and Aberdeen, and is recorded as being a Professor of Music residing at Clayills Cottage, Aberdeen in 1837. His volume A Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltzs &c. Book First (Edinburgh, c. 1812) was dedicated to Lady Mary Ramsay of Balmain. Lady Augusta Hay (1766-1822) was the daughter of James Hay, 15th Earl of Errol, and Isabella Carr. She married George Boyle, 4th Earl of Glasgow, in 1788 and died at the age of 56.
