The gavotte took on this signifying function, she argued, because of its late-century associations with shallow mid-century 'galanterie'.
This makes our rather elaborate courtesies a gavotte of real practical value.
They considered different companies and danced a series of marital gavottes with different partners, all of which broke up.
The central idea is stated by the orchestra in a hesitant, piquant gavotte.
Rhythmically, it is in the form of a gavotte.
The closing chorus is similar to a gavotte in style.
The alto aria is remarkable for its binary-form ritornello and blues-like final cadence; structurally, the movement is a gavotte.
He also wrote fifteen part songs, an introduction and gavotte for piano and violin, and four pianoforte pieces.