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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

common in See also:

AUVERGNE

Auvergne and in See also:

Biscay in See also:

Spain; also a See also:

TERM

term for a musical See also:

composition or a dance-See also:

MOVEMENT

movement in a See also:

SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite, somewhat akin to the See also:

GAVOTTE (a French word adopted from the Provencal gavoto)

gavotte, in See also:

QUICK

quick See also:

time with two beats to the See also:

bar .

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