menuet

Definitions of menuet
  1. noun
    a stately court dance in the 17th century
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    type of:
    stijldans, stijldansen
    any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
  2. noun
    a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
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    type of:
    balmuziek, dansmuziek
    music to dance to
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