Minuet
English Meaning
A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a high step, and a balance.
- A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France.
- The music for or in the rhythm of the minuet.
- A movement in 3/4 time that is usually the third, but sometimes the second, of a four-movement symphony or string quartet.