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See also:MINUET (adapted, under the See also:influence of the See also:Italian minuetto, from Fr. menuet, small, See also:pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from See also:Lat. minutus; the word refers probably to the See also:short steps, pas menus, taken in the See also:dance) , a dance for two persons, in f See also:time. At the See also:period when it was most fashionable it was slow, ceremonious, and graceful (see DANCE). The name is also given to a musical See also:composition written in the same time and See also:rhythm, but when not accompanying an actual dance the See also:pace was quicker. An example of the true See also:form of the minuet is to-be found in See also:Don Giovanni. The minuet is frequently found as one of the movements in the Suites of See also:Handel and See also:Bach. See also:Haydn introduced it into the See also:symphony, with little trace of the slow See also:grace and ceremony of the dance. In the hands of See also:Beethoven it becomes the See also:scherzo. End of Article: MINUET (adapted, under the influence of the Italian minuetto, from Fr. menuet, small, pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from Lat. minutus; the word refers probably to the short steps, pas menus, taken in the dance)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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