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‖ basse danse|bas dɑ̃ːs|
Also basse dance.
[Fr., lit. ‘low dance’.]
A court dance in duple or triple time which originated in France in the 15th century; = base-dance. Also attrib.
1789Burney Hist. Mus. III. 263 John D'Etrée..published four books of Danseries... The editor of these books tells us, that they contained..ballets, voltes, basses dances,..allemandes. Printed at Paris, 1564. 1899Stainer in Musical Times 1 July 461/2 The ‘basse danse’, as it was termed in French, was so named by way of contrast to the ‘danse par haut’ or ‘danse sautée’. 1927Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 10/6 There was the Basse Dance, queen of measures in the fifteenth century. 1954Grove Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) III. 821/1 Ortiz's first example is a well-known basse-danse tenor. |