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Definition of Pavane
1. Noun. Music composed for dancing the pavane.
2. Noun. A stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Definition of Pavane
1. Noun. (music) A musical style characteristic of the 16th and 17th centuries. ¹
2. Noun. (music dance) A moderately slow, courtly processional dance in duple time/meter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pavane
1. pavan [n -S] - See also: pavan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavane
Literary usage of Pavane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boke Named The Gouernour by Thomas Elyot (1883)
"This dance, more usually spelt pavane, was, as already observed in the note, so
called from the Latin 'pavo,' notwithstanding that M. Littré, who suggests ..."
2. A History of Dancing by Reginald St.-Johnston (1906)
"One of the earliest of the courtly dances was the pavane, according to one theory
the ... This, I think, is refuted by the fact that the pavane was almost ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Perhaps the most famous and stately dance of this period was the pavane (of
Spanish origin) ... The pavane, which was really more a procession than a dance, ..."
4. Dancing, Ancient and Modern by Ethel Lucy Urlin (1912)
"The music of the pavane was so stately that it was frequently played at weddings, "
quant on meyne epouser en face de Saincte ..."
5. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1906)
"A stately dance of the sixteenth century was called the ' pavane,' apparently
... Possibly this passage is the last in which the pavane is mentioned, ..."
6. Dancing by Frazer (Lily Grove), Percy Macquoid (1895)
"The words of the pavane are examples of the gallant tone of the period preceding
and following Henri IV. The pavane of Henri III., ' Belle qui tiens ma vie ..."
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