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A minuet (t; also spelled menuet), is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular group dances called branle à mener or amener. ...
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slow and stately Baroque dance in 3/4 time
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• (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.
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(from French menu: `small`), elegant couple dance that dominated aristocratic European ballrooms, especially in France and England, from 1650 to ... [10 related articles]
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It was a carefree and lively dance until presented by the French court in 1650. There it developed into a slow, graceful and stately dance, elegant in its simplicity. It consists of a salute to the partner, a high step and a balance, and is characterized by symmetrical figures, courtly gestures, elaborate bows and curtsies.
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Min'u·et noun [ French, from
menu small, Latin
minutus small. So called on account of the short steps of the dance. See 4th
Minute .]
1. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.
2. (Mus.) A tune or air to regulate the moveme...
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The Minuet is a stately form of dance which came to Paris in 1650 and reached its greatest popularity in the reign of Louis XV. It combined gracefulness with ceremonial formality, and was usually to 3/4 time music. Ludwig van Beethoven developed the minuet into the scherzo, under which name the movement holds an important position in symphonies and...
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n] - a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet 2. [n] - a stately court dance in the 17th century
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a court dance with three beats to a measure.
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noun a stately court dance in the 17th century
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French country dance in three time adapted as a European courtly dance of the 17th century. The music was later used as the third movement of a classical four-movement symphony where its gentle rhythm provides a foil to the slow second movement and fast final movement
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Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
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a graceful French dance of moderate 3/4 tempo often appearing as a section of extended works (especially dance suites).
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a stately court dance from the 17th century
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