Minuet

Word MINUET
Character 6
Hyphenation min u et
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Minuet"

What do we mean by minuet?

A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France. noun

The music for this dance. noun

A movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet. noun

A slow and graceful dance, invented, probably in Poitou, France, about the middle of the seventeenth century. Throughout the eighteenth century it was “he most popular of the more stately and ceremonious dances. noun

Music for such a dance, or in its rhythm, which is triple and slow. noun

A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance. noun

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. noun

A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance. noun

A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure. noun

A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name. noun

A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name. noun

A stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite noun

A stately court dance in the 17th century noun

A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance.

A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in 3/4, sometimes 3/8, measure.

A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.

A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.

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The word "minuet" in example sentences

Maddie what he called a minuet step, and Jonathan and the old woman sitting on the sofa as grave as owls. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The last thing I recollect was Starlight showing Maddie what he called a minuet step, and ❋ Rolf Boldrewood (1870)

That very dance which we call a minuet, has been proved by an ingenious ❋ Samuel James Arnold (1813)

The minuet, which is marked allegretto, has the spirit and sound of a scherzo and ought to be played like one. ❋ Lisa Hirsch (2009)

The minuet is a courtly European dance that was popular in the 17th & 18th century - about the era of Marie Antoinette. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There is -- what Senator Specter called a minuet that goes on in general. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It was something called a minuet, by someone called Bach. ❋ Cynthia Voigt (1982)

She had now to complete the entire minuet, that is to say, the melody only. ❋ Various (N/A)

This is followed by an intermezzo, like a quick minuet, which is very successful; and this in turn by a rhapsody, which bears a motto from ❋ Unknown (1874)

Because it is a theatrical minuet, which is in slow time. ❋ Mozart, Wolfgang A (1864)

The minuet is a complex large rhythmic motor skill that can be done moving forward or in circles over the floor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Liza's example, and they began to waltz round with the same solemnity as before; but Liza outdid them all; if the others were as stately as queens, she was as stately as an empress; the gravity and dignity with which she waltzed were something appalling, you felt that the minuet was a frolic in comparison; it would have been a fitting measure to tread round the grave of a _première danseuse_, or at the funeral of a professional humorist. ❋ Unknown (1919)

And as we know very well that a lady who is skilled in dancing or singing never can perfect herself without a deal of study in private, and that the song or the minuet which is performed with so much graceful ease in the assembly-room has not been acquired without vast labour and perseverance in private; so it is with the dear creatures who are skilled in coquetting. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And lest we think -- it's kind of like we all go through this process, and I liked the phrase "minuet," that the chairman used -- we all act like there is not an elephant in the room. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Watch the diplomatic minuet which is going to continue. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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