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gavotte
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ga·votte / gəˈvät/ •
n.
a
medium-paced French dance, popular in the 18th century. ∎
a piece of music
accompanying or in the rhythm of such a dance, composed in common time
beginning on the third beat of the bar.
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Reviews: La Gavotte: Good value on the menu
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 7/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; La Gavotte, 8 Union Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3LU. Tel: 0131-557 8451. LA Gavotte, the dictionary reveals, was originally a circular...atmosphere here," comments John as he surveys La Gavotte's yellow and orange decor, and plain wooden...
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Cello Sonata No. 1 in c. Prière. Romance, op. 36 (trans. Saint-Saëns). Gavotte, op. 16/3. Tarentelle, op. 10/5. Suite for Cello and Piano, op. 16. Romance, op. 51. Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Romance, op. 36 (trans. Saint-Sans). Gavotte, op. 1673. Tarentelle, op. 1 0...sentimental sounding. Think Reynaldo Hahn. The Gavotte and Tarentelle exhibit two other sides...Introduction and Rondo capriccioso). Both the Gavotte and Tarentelle are effective and well...
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The Work of Rural Professionals: Doing the Gemeinschaft-Gesellschaft Gavotte*
Magazine article from: Rural Sociology; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...life typically associated with rural and urban settings. A gavotte is a "Baroque dance movement in duple meter ... generally...professionals are drawn into a "gemeinschaft-gesellschaft gavotte" as they try to reconcile their experience of rural society...
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Oboe Concert.1 Lamento.2 Scherzo.3 Romance.4 Gavotte.5 Trio de Salon.6 Noël.7 4 Morceaux: Excerpts8
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...GRANDVAL Oboe Concert.1 Lamento.2 Scherzo.3 Romance.4 Gavotte.5 Trio de Salon.6 Nol.7 4 Morceaux: Excerpts8 * Lajos...obbligato with the solo oboe and string orchestra, a romance and a gavotte, are captivating. And wind-players, ever hungry for new...
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Sonata Triad. Suite. 4 Preludes. Waltz. Dance. Scherzo. Spanish Fantasy. The Tamer Tamed: Gavotte; Intermedio; Procession. At the Zoo
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Waltz. Dance. Scherzo. Spanish Fantasy. The Tamer Tamed: Gavotte; Intermedio; Procession. At the Zoo * Olga Solovieva (pn...to The Taming of the Shrew. A wistful, Prokofiev-like Gavotte is followed by an Intermedio that strongly evokes silent film...
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Myson towel warmers.(Products)(Gavotte towel warmer has unique design)
Magazine article from: Supply House Times; 10/1/2003; 318 words
; The Gavotte towel warmer in the company's Tempo Collection has a unique offset curved design. It is offered in six sizes, in chrome, regal and gold plate finish. Baked epoxy powdercoat white finish is standard. Hydronic models are available. Circle 210 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
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Panel must get a grip on these takeover gavottes.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 1/7/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Press leaks and promising things on a conditional basis without actually putting anything on the table. So these takeover gavottes run for months and prove a severe management distraction. Yet the Panel does nothing. In the mid-1980s the Panel ordered...
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words anchovies in pin-stripes dance a gavotte
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/18/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...1796 gave us ideology and idealism. Three hundred years ago, we first encountered a marsupial, studied botany, danced a gavotte, said abracadabra, and tasted peppermint. Altogether, 1696 brought us 195 new words. However, the binocle, though a...
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Sunshine Polka. "Alliance" Waltz. 3 Songs without Words. Birthday March. Romance in d. String Quartet in F (before 1897): fragment. Gavotte and Musette. 11 Waltzes for Strings. Toter Winkel: fragment. String Quartet d (1904): six fragments. String Quartet in C (after 1904): fragment. String Quintet in D (1905): fragment. String Septet (1918): fragment. String Quartet Movement (1926): fragment. String Quartet (1926): 6 fragments. Untitled in D (1926): fragment. String Quartet in C (after 1927): fragment. Mirror Canon in A for String Quartet (after 1930). Fugue (1938): fragment. String Quartet No. 5 (1949): 4 fragments
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Alliance" Waltz. 3 Songs without Words. Birthday March. Romance in d. String Quartet in F (before 1897): fragment. Gavotte and Musette. 11 Waltzes for Strings. Toter Winkel: fragment. String Quartet d (1904): six fragments. String Quartet...
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EATING OUT IT'S TWO STEPS TO HEAVEN
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 4/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Dalgety finds the Gallic charms of La Gavotte promise to be hot stuff MARTIN doesn...across the road from the Playhouse. La Gavotte, which opened two weeks ago, is the...Pierre Victoire, then Bleu and now La Gavotte - which means a two-step dance. The...
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gavotte
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
gavotte . Old Fr. dance in common time beginning on 3rd beat of the bar. Originated in Pays de Gap where the inhabitants were known as...
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Rameau, Jean-Philippe
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Sarabande 2 , 8. La Vénétienne , 9. Gavotte , 10. Menuet , 11. Menuet en rondeau , 12. Allemande , 13...Trois Mains , 39. Fanfarinette , 40. La Triomphante , 41. Gavotte (with 6 doubles), 42. Les Tricotets (rondeau), 43...
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Malvina Hoffman
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...American sculptor, b. New York City. She was a pupil of Rodin. Of her spirited figures representative examples are Pavlowa gavotte (Stockholm, Sweden) and Russian Dancers. Her portraits include those of John Muir (American Mus. of Natural History...
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dance
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...during the reign of Louis XIV. Among the formal dances of the 17th cent. were the courante, saraband , pavan, minuet , gavotte , quadrille (or contredanse), and cotillion. Music, which had developed to accompany dancing, had, by this time, evolved...
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suite
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...typical suite would have framework of allemande, courante, sarabande, and gigue, with frequent interpolations of minuet, gavotte, passepied, bourrée, musette, and rigaudon. The various movts. were usually based on one key, though modulations...
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