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Definitions of gavotte in various dictionaries:
noun - an old formal French dance in quadruple time
noun - music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
A French peasant dance resembling the minuet.
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| The name of this old French dance follows "Ascot" in the title of a song from "My Fair Lady" |
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| a medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century. |
| a fast dance from France, popular in the past, or a piece of music for this |
| A medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century. |
| A French peasant dance of Baroque origin in moderately quick duple meter. |
| Music for this dance. |
| an old formal French dance in quadruple time |
| music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte |
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| The gavotte (also gavot, gavote, or gavotta) is a French dance, taking its name from a folk dance of the Gavot, the people of the Pays de Gap region of Dauphiné in the southeast of France, where the dance originated according to one source. According to another reference, however, the word "gavotte" is a generic term for a variety of French folk dances, and most likely originated in Lower Brittany in the west, or possibly Provence in the southeast or the French Basque Country in the southwest of France. It is notated in 44 or 22 time and is usually of moderate tempo, though the folk dances also use meters such as 98 and 58.In late 16th-century renaissance dance the gavotte is first mentioned as the last of a suite of branles. Popular at the court of Louis XIV, it became one of many optional dances in the classical suite of dances. Many were composed by Lully, Rameau and Gluck, and the 17th-century cibell is a variety. The dance was popular in France throughout the 18th century and spre |