See also:

• GAVOTTE (a French word adopted from the Provencal gavoto)

GAVOTTE (a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word adopted from the Provencal gavoto)  , properly the See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance of the Gavots or natives of See also:

• GAP

Gap, a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the Upper See also:

• ALPS

Alps, in the old See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• DAUPHINE

Dauphine . It is 'a dance of a brisk and lively See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, somewhat resembling the See also:

• 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)

minuet, but quicker and less stately (see DANCE); hence also the use of this name for a corresponding See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of musical See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition .