X:28
T: la Choisie.
%R: jig
Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
S: http://books.google.com/books?id=ipV0y26Vq8EC
B: Giovanni Andrea Gallini  "A New Collection of Forty-Four Cotillions" c.1755 #28
N: The G grace note in the last bar needs a sharp.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/Gallini/NewColl44Cot/28_la_Choisie-Am-48-3.abc	 2025-02-17 152117 UT
K: Am
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% Voice 1 staff breaks arranged to fit a wider page:
V: 1
|:\
(AB).c (de).f | {f}e3- e2a | (^ga).b (Bc)d | {d}Tc3 B3 |\
(ce).c (Be).B | (ce).c (Be).B | {d}cBA {c}BA^G | {G}A3 A,3 :|
|:\
(cd).e (fg).a | {a}g3- g2a | (gf).e (de).c | (Bc).d .G(Bc) |\
.G(cd) .G(de) | .G(ef) .G(ga) | (ed).c {c}BAB | c3- c2B |
(Ac).e (Ac).e | (^GB).e (GB).e | (AB).c (Bc).A | ^G2A B2E |\
(Ac).e (Ac).e | (^GB).e (GB).e | (AB).c (BA).^G | {G}A3 A,3 :|
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% Voice 2 preserves the original staff layout:
V: 2 clef=bass middle=d
|:\
z6 | aAB cBA | e3 ^g3 | a3 e3 |
a3 ^g3 | a3 ^g3 | a2c d2e | A3- A3 :||:
z6 | c'cd edc | B2c f2^f | g3 z2z |
g3 z2z | g3 z2z | c2f g2G | ceg c'2z |
c'3 a3 | e'3 e3 | f3 d3 | e3 E3 |
c3 A3 | e3 E3 | c2A e2E | A3- A3 :|
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%%sep 1 1 400
%%center La Choisie.
%%begintext align
%%   Le Grand Rond. Then fall in two Lines,
%% the first and second Couple at the Top, the
%% third and fourth at the Bottom - - 2/1
%%endtext
%%begintext align
%%   Four an Four half Right hand and Left,
%% then back again, the second and fourth
%% Gentlemen Contretems Forward and Rigaudon,
%% then Moulinet, with the opposite Ladies, at
%% the same time the first and third Gentlemen
%% Chass\'e to the Left in the Corner and back
%% with Rigaudon, while the second and fourth
%% Ladies Chass\'e to the Right in the Corner and
%% back with Rigaudon, then fall into the contrary
%% side Lines - - - - - 1/2
%%endtext
%%begintext align
%%   Counter-part - - - - 1/2
%%endtext
%%sep 1 1 400