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
He exploited time signatures and forms; for “Night Music,” he wrote a waltz, two sarabandes, two mazurkas, a polonaise, an étude and a gigue — nearly an entire score written in permutations of triple time.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
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
In the last movement we have the gigue rhythm again.
From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
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