PAVAN See also:

• PAVAN PAVANE

PAVANE  Or PAVAN, the name of a slow stately See also:

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

dance of the 16th and 17th centuries . The word has been variously derived: (I) from See also:

• LAT

Lat. pavo, See also:

• PEACOCK (Lat. Pavo, O. Eng. Pawe, Du. pauuw, Ger. Pfau, Fr. Paon)
• PEACOCK, GEORGE (1791–1858)
• PEACOCK, SIR BARNES (1810-189o)
• PEACOCK, THOMAS LOVE (1785-1866)

peacock; the dancers, as they See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

wheel and turn, spread out their See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long cloaks, which they retained in this dance, like the tail of the See also:

• BIRD

bird; (2) from Padovana, i.e. of See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua, in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy; the dance, however, is usually taken to have come from See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . As an instrumental See also:

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

composition, See also:

• COMMON

common in the 16th and 17th centuries, the " See also:

• PAVANE, PAVAN

pavane " was usually followed by the See also:

• QUICK

quick and lively " galliard," as the " gigue " followed the " See also:

• SARABAND (Ital. Sarabanda, Zarabanda; Fr. Sarabande)

saraband " in the later See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite (see DANCE) .