Minuet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France.
  • n. The music for or in the rhythm of the minuet.
  • n. A movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.
  • n. A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.
  • n. A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.
  • n. A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.
  • n. A tune or air to regulate the movements of the dance so called; a movement in suites, sonatas, symphonies, etc., having the dance form, and commonly in 3-4, sometimes 3-8, measure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A slow and graceful dance, invented, probably in Poitou, France, about the middle of the seventeenth century. Throughout the eighteenth century it was “he most popular of the more stately and ceremonious dances.
  • n. Music for such a dance, or in its rhythm, which is triple and slow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
  • n. a stately court dance in the 17th century
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