lively dance, 1690s, from French gavotte (17c.), from Old Provençal gavoto "mountaineer's dance," from gavot, a local name for an Alpine resident, said to mean literally "boor, glu [..]

A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time, always beginning on the third beat of the measure.

A dance of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries possibly derived from the Renaissance branle. The gavotte became a stylized member of the Baroque dance suite, performed after the sarabande. It was consi [..]

(n) an old formal French dance in quadruple time(n) music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte

an old French dance form, stately and dignified, in duple time beginning on the weak half of the bar. Sometimes found in the old suites. It was often followed by another Gavotte or a Musette, and then [..]

a Baroque dance of French peasant origin that is sometimes included in instrumental suites.

A moderate to fast duple time dance with a time signature of 2. It has a long upbeat of half a bar.

French folk dance found in Baroque suites in moderate four-four time

Originated as a French folk dance, taking its name from the Gavot people of the Pays de Gap region of Dauphiné. It is notated in 4/4 or 2/2 time and is of moderate tempo. The distinctive rhythmic feat [..]

Graceful Baroque dance in duple meter, usually in four-bar phrases that begin and end in the middle of a bar and without complicated rhythms.