gigue
Americannoun
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a piece of music, usually in six-eight time and often fugal, incorporated into the classical suite
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a formal couple dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, derived from the jig
Etymology
Origin of gigue
1675–85; < French, probably < English jig 2
Example Sentences
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They start the show invitingly and remain a pleasure throughout, supplying the requisite sweetness and drive, along with a few unusual touches — like a Baroque gigue.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
In the last movement, a gigue, Bach’s unsettled meters can across as downright Stravinsky-an.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
In his score Tchaikovsky arranges four different pieces of Mozart; on Tuesday only Daniel Ulbricht, dancing the gigue, showed any Mozartian wit.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2013
Mr. Renz accomplished that feat, in one case, by fitting a sacred text to a gigue that originally accompanied a drinking song.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2011
The allemande, overture, or preludio formed the first movement; the second consisted of the sarabande, the ancestor of our adagio; and the last part was generally a gigue.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell
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