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A minuet ( / ˌmɪnjuˈɛt /; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3. 4 time. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet. The term also describes the musical form that accompanies the dance, which subsequently developed more fully, often with a longer musical form ...
Gavotte. 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. [1] According to another reference, the word gavotte is a generic term for a variety of French ...
Pencil drawing of Luigi Boccherini by Étienne Mazas after a portrait bust. Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (/ ˌ b ɒ k ə ˈ r iː n i /, also US: / ˌ b oʊ k-/, Italian: [riˈdɔlfo luˈiːdʒi bokkeˈriːni] ⓘ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the ...
The Polish Minuet or Miss Kitty Grevil's Delight: Charming is your shape and air Soprano c. 1720 228-6 The Sailor's Complaint: Come and listen to my ditty / Hosier's Ghost: As near Portobello lying Soprano c. 1735 228-7 Di godere ha speranza il mio core / Oh my dearest, my lovely creature Soprano c. 1719 228-8
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( / ˈhændəl /; [a] baptised Georg Fried (e)rich Händel, [b] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [3] [c] was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his ...
The minuet step is the dance step performed in the dance minuet. It "is composed of four plain straight Steps or Walks, and may be performed forwards, backward, sideways, &c." ( Tomlinson 1735, 103) or in a square. [citation needed] The steps are often referred to by direction to distinguish them. "A Movement, or Sink and Rise, being added to ...
Bedřich Smetana ( / ˌbɛdərʒɪxˈsmɛtənə / BED-ər-zhikh SMET-ə-nə, [1] [2] [3] Czech: [ˈbɛdr̝ɪx ˈsmɛtana] ⓘ; 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations to a cultural and political "revival". He has been ...
Gavotte from J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 5. A suite, in Western classical music, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes; and grew in scope so that by the early 17th century it comprised up to five dances, sometimes with a prelude.