X:1
T:Lady Mary Lessley’s Minuet for the Flute
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Minuet
B: Daniel Dow – Twenty Minuets and Sixteen Reels or Country Dances (c. 1775, p. 30)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/106036377
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d2|g4 Bc|dB G2D2|Ee d2c2|(3BAG G2D2|G4 B<G|
(D<A)(F<D)c<A| G4 B<G|(D<A)(F<D)c<A|(3GBd g2b2|a2 (3dfa bg|
(3bag f2e2|d4::d2 |a2 dfac’|bgaf g2|e2 cebe|
dedc B2|d3 gfa|d2 bgc’b|(3abg f2e2|d3 cBA|
(3GBd g2=f2|f2e4|cegabe|e2d2 gB|G4 B<G|
(D<A)(F<D)(c<A)|(3Bdg B2A2|G4:|
LADY MARY LESLIE'S MINUET FOR THE FLUTE. AKA - "Lady Mary Lessley's Minuet for the Flute." Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). E Flat Major (Dow/fiddle): G Major (Dow/flute). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Lady Mary Leslie's Minuet for the Flute" was composed by biography:Daniel Dow. There are a few Lady Mary Leslie's to whom the title may refer, but perhaps Lady Mary Leslie (1753-1799), the youngest daughter of John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes and his first wife, Hannah Howard, is the best candidate. However, by the time of Dow's publication she had married (in 1770) William Charles Colyear, 3rd Earl of Portmore, and had taken the name Colyear. Her portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) in 1766.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Robert Bremner (Collection of the Best Minuets for the Violin or German Flute), c. 1770's; p. 55. Daniel Dow (Twenty Minuets and Sixteen Reels or Country Dances), c. 1775; p. 30.
