Gavotte

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gavot \Gav"ot\, Gavotte \Gav"otte\(? or ?; 277), n. [F. gavotte,
     fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in
     France, called Gap.] (Mus.)
     A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple
     time. [WordNet sense 1]
     [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte,
        having a dance tune which has two brisk and lively, yet
        dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over.
        [WordNet sense 2]
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gavotte
       n 1: an old formal French dance in quadruple time
       2: music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte