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Gavotte

Gavotte, a dance resembling the minuet, introduced-from "France towards the end of the 17th century. In the course of 80 or 100 years it became obsolete, and the name is now confined to the music intended to accompany it. This consists of 8 bars twice repeated, and opening with an up-beat. The time is alia breve.