gavotte

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G0064000 (gə-vŏt′)n.1. A French peasant dance of Baroque origin in moderately quick duple meter.2. The music for this dance.

[French, from Provençal gavoto, from gavot, native of the Alps, possibly from gava, crop of a bird, from Vulgar Latin *gaba, gullet, throat.]

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n1. (Dancing) an old formal dance in quadruple time2. (Classical Music) a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance[C17: from French, from Provençal gavoto, from gavot mountaineer, dweller in the Alps (where the dance originated), from gava goitre (widespread in the Alps), from Old Latin gaba (unattested) throat]

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n. 1. an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter. 2. a piece of instumental music in the rhythm of the gavotte. [1690–1700; < French < Occitan gavoto a mountaineer of Provence]

gavotte

A kind of folk dance originating from Gap, in the Haute- Alpes region fo France.

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Noun	1.	gavotte - an old formal French dance in quadruple timesocial dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion
	2.	gavotte - music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavottedance music - music to dance to

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gavotte

(gəvŏt`), originally a peasant dance of the Gavots in upper Dauphiné, France. A type of circle dance characterized by lively, skipping steps, it was introduced at the court of Louis XIV and was used by Lully in his ballets and operas and by François Couperin and J. S. Bach in their keyboard suites.

Gavotte

an old French dance of popular origin. It is in 4/4 or 2/2 time, the tempo is moderate, and it characteristically begins with an upbeat of two quarters or one half and has a clear rhythm. The music of the gavotte is light and elegant, sometimes with pastoral and sometimes with solemn nuances. The gavotte has been known since the 16th century. In the 17th century it became a court dance, graceful and often mincing. In time the gavotte was introduced into ballet and opera (J. B. Lully, J. P. Rameau) and became a component part of instrumental suites (J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, and others). In Russian music, P. I. Tchaikovsky and A. K. Glazunov created highly artistic forms of the gavotte, and in the 20th century S. S. Prokofiev used gavotte forms (his Classical Symphony and other works).

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noun an old formal French dance in quadruple time

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noun music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte

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