Pavan

Country dance

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popular eighteenth century French dance form

Pavana

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Italian

a stately court dance of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Pause

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the fermata sign

Galliard

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lively dance originating from the fifteenth century, generally in triple time

Ballet

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a dance form, originally Italian, established at the French court in the sixteenth century, formal and courtly, originally da…

Borry

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a French dance similar to the gavotte but beginning on the fourth beat of four rather than the third of four as in the gavotte

Octet

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a work written for eight players, the group playing such a piece of music

Waltz

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a simple triple time dance; the dance generally has an introduction, a number of different melodies, before finishing with a…