Mrs. Renny Tailyour's Minuet
X:1 T:Mrs. Renny Tailyour'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. 4) 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:D SD4 (G/F/E/D/)|A2A2 d>f|a2 (fd)(ge)|d2Tc2 {Bc}d2|f2 dfa>f| (fe)(dc)(BA)|(B>c/2d/4) c2 TB2|B4A2::(.A3 .B/.c/ .d/.e/.f/.^g/)| a2A2 d>f||B2 (gf)(ed)|{d}c2 (B>c) A2|A>GG>F F2|d3e f2| A>GG>F F2|a>gg>f f2| {f}e2 (gB)(ed)|dcBA (d/f/a)|a>g f2 Te2|e4 d2:|] P:Minore K:Dmin A2 (gf)(ed)|d2^c2d2|{ga}b2 (ag)(fe)|(gf)(e>f) d2|d2c2a2|g>e f2 a>b| c’2f2 Te2{de}|e4 f2::a>^f d3c-|=B^de^f g2|(g>e) c3_B| .A.^c(de) f2|{fg}a2 (gf)(ed)|d2^c2d2|(e/f/g) f2 Te2{de}|e4 d2S!D.C.!:|]
MRS. RENNY TAILYOUR'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Minor ('C' and 'D' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title honors Elizabeth Bannerman (Burnett) Tailyour who married Alexander Renny-Tailyour in 1808 in Edinburgh. Alexander wasone of the principal landholders in the parish of Montrose and was described as "Alexander Renny Tailyour of Borrowfield & Newmanswalls." Although his name does not appear with the composition, it may be the work of Montrose and Aberdeenshire dancing master and musician Archibald Duff, in whose c. 1812 collection it appears (Duff also had pieces for other members of the Burnett family in his volume).
