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Definition of Gigue
1. Noun. Music in three-four time for dancing a jig.
Definition of Gigue
1. n. A piece of lively dance music, in two strains which are repeated; also, the dance.
Definition of Gigue
1. Noun. an Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period). ¹
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Definition of Gigue
1. a lively dance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gigue
Literary usage of Gigue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Well-known Piano Solos, how to Play Them by Charles W. Wilkinson, Edward Ellsworth Hipsher (1915)
"gigue in G French Suite BACH How much more frequently than formerly do we hear,
... This gigue has such a jolly, rollicking subject that the least musical ..."
2. The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"Bach: gigue, from French Suite IV, in E-Flat. ... Theme of gigue, Bach's French
Suite IV. and its Inversion. Allegro vivace. Theme in soprano. ..."
3. The Appreciation of Music by Daniel Gregory Mason, Thomas Whitney Surette (1907)
"Bach: gigue, from French Suite IV, in E-Flat. ... Theme of gigue, Bach's French
Suite IV, and its Inversion. Allegro vivace. Inversion of theme, beginning ..."
4. Counterpoint Applied in the Invention, Fugue, Canon and Other Polyphonic by Percy Goetschius (1915)
"Bach, Partita No IV, "gigue "; Part II is based upon a new Motive, ...
The conventional gigue-form, with Contrary motion of the M. as basis of Part II. ..."
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