gigue
/zheeg/US // ʒig //UK // (ʒiːɡ) //
Gigue
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Dance. jig.
- : Music. a dance movement often forming the conclusion of the classical suite.
Examples
It is in imitation of a national song, and is sometimes like a slow gigue, sometimes like a pastorale.
The sonata commenced in D minor; in the Gigue there was constant modulation towards G minor.
The last movement, still in the same key, is a gigue, thus keeping well in the shadow of the suite.
The last of the particularly characteristic dances is the Gigue with its counterparts mentioned above.
The adagio is a sarabande, and the last movement has the characteristics of the gigue.
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