gavotte
pronunciation
How to pronounce gavotte in British English:
UK [gəˈvɒt]
How to pronounce gavotte in American English:
US [gəˈvɑt]
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- Noun:
- an old formal French dance in quadruple time
- music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
Word Origin
- gavotte (n.)
- lively dance, 1690s, from French gavotte (17c.), from Old Provençal gavoto "mountaineer's dance," from gavot, a local name for an Alpine resident, said to mean literally "boor, glutton," from gaver "to stuff, force-feed poultry," from Old Provençal gava "crop." From the same source is French gavache "coward, dastard." The Italianized form is gavotta.
Example
- 1. Bach : siciliana and presto from the first sonata ; or sarabanda and gigue from the second partita ; or prelude and gavotte in rondeau from the third partita .