A French dance in triple time, of rustic origins but popular in the courts of 18th-century Europe
A kind of social dance popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, featuring group movements in a moderate triple meter Later, the music of the minuet became absorbed into classical concert-hall music, occupying the third movement slot of the symphony and other genres See minuet and trio
In the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a minuet is a piece of music with three beats in a bar which is played at moderate speed
A minuet is a fairly slow and formal dance which was popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. a slow dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, or a piece of music for this dance (menuet, from menu ; MINUTE). Dignified couple dance derived from a French folk dance, dominant in European court ballrooms in the 17th-18th century. Using small, slow steps to music in 3 4 time, dancers often performed choreographed figures combined with stylized bows and curtsies. The most popular dance of the 18th-century aristocracy, it fell from favour after the French Revolution in 1789. It was of great importance in art music; commonly incorporated into the suite 1650-1775, it was the only dance form retained in the symphony, sonata, string quartet, and other multimovement art-music genres up to 1800
It was a carefree and lively dance until presented by the French court in 1650 There it developed into a slow and stately dance, elegant in its simplicity It consists of a salute to the partner, a high step and a balance, and affords numerous opportunities for an exchange of courtly gestures, bows and curtsies
a old, courtly dance in which every measure has three beats A precursor to the waltz
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