Annotation:Prince of Wales Minuet (The)
X:1 T:Prince of Wales Minuet, The C:Pierre-Gabriel Gardel (1758-1840) 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. 3) 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 B>c|d2 d>e c>d|{c}B2g2f2|G2 (3GAB (3cde|TB2 AG F2| B2 B>c A>B|Gf=edcB|(B/A/).G/.F/ A2TG2|G2-F4:| |:B,2B,>G F2|(F/E/)(c/B/) (B/A/)(G/F/) (F/E/)(D/C/)|(B,2 A,>)F E2|(E/D/) (d/c/) (c/B/)(A/G/) (G/F/E/D/)| C2 (ed)(cB)|(B2 A>)g (f>g)|(f/e/d/c/) B2 Tc2 {Bc}|c4 B2:|]
PRINCE OF WALES MINUET, THE. Scottish(?), Minuet (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The composition was credited to "Gardel" in Montrose and Aberdeen dancing master and musician biography:Archibald Duff's c. 1812 Choice Selection of Minuets, Favourite Airs, Hornpipes, Waltz's &c. The air that directly follows it, "Gavot (4)" was also composed by Paris ballet dancer, ballet master, violinist, and composer Pierre-Gabriel Gardel (1758-1840), and the two are meant to be danced as a pair.
