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• 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 (adapted, under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian minuetto, from Fr. menuet, small, See also:

• PRETTY

pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. minutus; the word refers probably to the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short steps, pas menus, taken in the See also:

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

dance)  , a See also:

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

dance for two persons, in f See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . At the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period when it was most fashionable it was slow, ceremonious, and graceful (see DANCE) . The name is also given to a musical See also:

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

composition written in the same time and See also:

• RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

rhythm, but when not accompanying an actual dance the See also:

• PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)
• PACE, RICHARD (c. 1482-1536)

pace was quicker . An example of the true See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of 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 is to-be found in See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Giovanni . The minuet is frequently found as one of the movements in the Suites of See also:

• HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK (1685–1759)

Handel and See also:

• BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685–1750)
• BACH, KARL PHILIPP EMANUEL (1714-1788)

Bach . See also:

• HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (1732–1809)

Haydn introduced it into the See also:

• SYMPHONY

symphony, with little trace of the slow See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and ceremony of the dance . In the hands of See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven it becomes the See also:

• SCHERZO (Italian for " a joke ")

scherzo .