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n. A spirited dance popular in France in the 16th and 17th centuries.

n. The triple-time music for this dance.

adj. Archaic Spirited; lively; gay.

n. A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe

n. The triple-time music for this dance

adj. Gay; brisk; active.

n. A brisk, gay man.

n. A gay, lively dance. Cf. gailliarde.

Brisk; gay; lively; jaunty.

n. A brisk, lively man; a gay, jaunty fellow: as, “Selden is a galliard,”

n. A spirited dance for two dancers only, common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: one of the precursors of the minuet. Also called romanesca.

n. Music written for such a dance, or in its rhythm, which is triple and emphatic, but not rapid.

n. A term used in northern England for a sandstone or grit of particularly close and uniform texture.

"An omnivorous troubadour, he roves from Manchester libraries to Colombian villages to salvage musical traditions – with recordings that move from Berber beats to the raptures of a raga, from the thrilling stillness of an Armenian lament to the sprightliness of an Elizabethan galliard."

gailliarde   

gay    brisk    active   

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