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Definition of Gigues

Gigue
Gigue Gigue (zh[-e]g), n. [F.] A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also, the dance.

Meaning of Gigues from wikipedia

- The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues. A gigue is usually...
- scored for three violins and b****o continuo and paired with a gigue, known as Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and b****o continuo. Both movements are in the...
- title of Gigues was Gigues tristes. Debussy used his memories of England as inspiration for the music, in addition to the song "Dansons la gigue" by Charles...
- The loure, also known as the gigue lourée or gigue lente (slow gigue), is a French Baroque dance, probably originating in Normandy and named after the...
- Chalcolithic (Enéolithique) industry that was found by P. E. Gigues. Aadloun IV was found by P. E. Gigues on the terraces below the village near the caves that...
- technical virtuosity but also contrapuntal complexity, with some of JS Bach’s gigues nearly qualifying as proper fugues. A suite may be introduced by a movement...
- courante, sarabande, two minuets or two bourrées or two gavottes, and a final gigue. Gary S. Dalkin of MusicWeb International called Bach's cello suites "among...
- Kleine Gigue in G major, K. 574, is a composition for solo piano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during his stay in Leipzig. It is dated 16 May 1789, the day...
- Bach, W. F.? (BR A55); ↔ BWV 844 00984 845 II Gigue F min. Keyboard 42: 263 V/12 00985 II 81 II Gigue [scores] (incomplete) D min. Keyboard V/12 by Kellner...
- three movements, without the gigue. A single suite, no. 2, has a gigue added as a 4th movement (and a later copy adds gigues to suites nos. 3 and 5). The...