Annotation: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 biography:Archibald Duff, in whose c. 1812 collection it appears (Duff also had pieces for other members of the Burnett family in his volume).
