Princess Royal's Minuet (2)

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 Region    England
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Minuet
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/4
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X:1 T:Princess Royal's Minuet [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Minuet S:The Hanover Royal Music Archive includes twenty-four manuscript S:music books containing vocal and keyboard music for amateur S:study and performance, most kept by Princess Augusta (1768-1840) S:or Princess Amelia (1783-1810), both daughters of George III. S:This example, probably kept by one of the princesses, S:contains minuets, songs, and marches in several hands, some with S:inscriptions dated at Windsor, 1787-1789. N:Written in juvenile hand, for keyboard, dated 1789. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e>d c2c2|d>c B2B2|c2 e>c e>c|B>A B>c B2| e>d c2c2|d>c B2B2|c2 edcB|A4!fermata!:| |:c2 ec ec|B2 eB eB|c2 ec ec|BA> B>c B2| c2 ec ec|c2 eB eB|^d/c/B/A/ G2 F2|E>F EDCB,!D.C.!:|]