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gavotte
[ guh-vot ]
noun
- an old French dance in moderately quick quadruple meter.
- a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, this dance, often forming one of the movements in the classical suite, usually following the saraband.
gavotte
/ ɡəˈvɒt /
noun
- an old formal dance in quadruple time
- a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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Example Sentences
She was seated upon it, when I arrived with the third load, and through the house were dancing the sounds of a Bach gavotte.
The great room slowly cleared; the precise and animating music of a gavotte came sharply across the laughter and talk.
As an illustration of this fact, there is a little Gavotte of mine, which I had occasion to play several times in Paris.
When Eagle had watched them awhile she started up, spread her skirts in a sweeping courtesy, and began to dance a gavotte.
He taught her the gavotte, the pavane, and many other dances, playing the measures on an old violin the while.
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