A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Blanche
BLANCHE, i.e. 'white,' is the ordinary French word for the note 
which we call a minim. In the same manner the French call a crotchet, 
, noire.
From volume 1 of the work.
BLANCHE, i.e. 'white,' is the ordinary French word for the note which we call a minim. In the same manner the French call a crotchet, , noire.