A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.
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.
A seventeenth-century court dance in moderate triple meter that later served as the model for the third movement of Classical instrumental works. mode (1) In the Middle Ages, a means of organizing plainchant according to orientations around the seven-note diatonic scale (corresponding to the white notes on a keyboard); (2) in the tonal system, one of the two colorings, called major and minor, that may be applied to any of twelve keys.
Originally a court dance, it evolved into a division of a symphony.
a formal 18th-century court dance in triple time, very commonly used in substantial Classical sonata-form works.
(of 17th century French origin) a slow, stately pattern dance in triple time for groups of couples
a slow French dance in triple meter
A graceful French dance of moderate 3/4 tempo often appearing as a section of extended works (especially dance suites) of the 17th and 18th centuries.
a stately court dance in the 17th century
a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
a step in a dance, if I'm not mistaken
moderate, stately dance in 3/4 time
A dance from the baroque period, metered in three, later incorporated into the standard four-movement symphony, usually as the third movement.
An early French dance in triple rythm, stately movement.
a court dance with three beats to a measure
An elegant dance in triple (3/4) time, the minuet was very popular during the Classical period. Some symphonies from that time have an entire movement written in the minuet style.
A slow, stately seventeenth-century French dance for groups or couples.
A triple metre French dance popular from the second half of the 17th until at least the end of the 18th century.
A piece of dance music in three time.
A dance in triple time commonly used up to the beginning of the 19th century as the lightest movement of a symphony.
Probably the most popular dance of all time. It is really two dances: you hear the first one, then a second dance that has a different sound and feeling, then the first one again. Many symphonies have a Minuet movement. The Minuet is often called "Minuet and Trio," because the second dance, the "Trio," traditionally used a smaller group of instruments. The Minuet has this rhythm: ONE, two three, ONE, two three.
a graceful and extremely popular dance in triple meter, usually in binary form. The minuet first emerged in the middle of the 17th century, and became wildly popular at the court of Louis XIV; the king himself was reported to be an excellent minuet dancer. The minuet was the only baroque dance form that did not become obsolete in the classical period, as it often concluded an opera overture and was subsequently incorporated into the symphony.
To dream of seeing the minuet danced, signifies a pleasant existence with congenial companions. To dance it yourself, good fortune and domestic joys are foretold.