Whitehall Minuet

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T: Whitehall Minuet
T: White-Hall Minuet
P: Longways for as many as will
%R: minuet
B: "The Compleat Country Dancing-Master" printed by John Walsh, London ca. 1740
S: 6: CCDM1 http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Compleat_Country_Dancing-Master_(Various) V.1 p.63 #96
B: "The Dancing-Master: Containing Directions and Tunes for Dancing" printed by W. Pearson for John Walsh, London ca. 1709
S: 7: DMDfD http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=89751228 p.294
Z: 2013 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: CCDM1 says "Each Strain is to be play'd twice over", but DMDfD says "Each Strain once".  Which is right?
N: The time signature is just "3".
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Dm
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[|\
d2 A2 G2 | F4 E2 | F2 DEFG | AG A=B ^cA |\
d2A2 G2 | F4 E2 | F2 DEFG | A6 |]
[|\
fg a2 a2 | a4 a2 | gfga g2 | g2 b4 |\
a2 bagf | e2 a4 | f2 gfed | ^c3 B A2 |
fg a2 a2 | a4 a2 | gfga ga | g2 b4 |\
a2 bagf | e2 a4 | f2 gfef | d6 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/JohnWalsh/alltunes/1664

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