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BOURREE

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 333 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOURREE , a See also:

French name for a See also:dance See also:common in See also:Auvergne and in See also:Biscay in See also:Spain; also a See also:term for a musical See also:composition or a dance-See also:movement in a See also:suite, somewhat akin to the See also:gavotte, in See also:quick See also:time with two beats to the See also:bar.

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