minuet
Baroque ballroom dance
A minuet is a slow, stately ballroom dance in triple time, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries among European aristocracy.
The term also refers to music composed for this dance or in its characteristic style, often appearing as a movement in classical symphonies and sonatas: The orchestra played a minuet from Mozart.
French dance in 4/4
- sarabandeStately triple-time court dance
- allemandeYolk-thickened mother sauce
- pavaneMeasured ceremonial court dance
- gigueBaroque suite's closing dance
polonaise · mazurka · quadrille · cotillion · contredanse · baroque · rococo · Versailles
German composer surname
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
Haydn · sonata · symphony · trio · suite · divertimento · serenade · concerto
gavotte
French dance in 4/4
- sarabandeStately triple-time court dance
- allemandeYolk-thickened mother sauce
- pavaneMeasured ceremonial court dance
gigue · polonaise · mazurka · quadrille · cotillion · contredanse · baroque · rococo · Versailles · court
Bach
German composer surname
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- HandelBaroque composer of oratorios
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
Haydn · chamber · sonata · symphony · trio · suite · divertimento · serenade · concerto · composition
graceful
Elegant in movement
delicate · measured · precise · flowing · dignified · unhurried · gentle · restrained · balanced · symmetrical
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
ceremony · reverence · bow · curtsy · promenade · partner · debutante · gala · soiree · protocol
- Baroque Keyboardharpsichord, organ, clavichord, fugue, prelude
- Early Musicmedieval music, Gregorian chant, Renaissance music, motet, baroque music
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
- musicmusic, song, songs, singing, singer
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- dancesballet, waltz, tango, salsa, hula
minuetjig
Spirited folk dance
hoedown · barn dance · square dance · folk dance · clog dance