The Irish jig and the French gigue differ in speed, microrhythmics, and German gender.
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Gigue
/ʒiːɡ/
Synonyms for "gigue" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(1 words)
jig piece
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[…] sweet to us it is to behold delightful dancing, be it the stately splendour of the Pavane which progresseth as large clouds at sun-down that pass by in splendour; or the graceful Allemande; or the Fandango, which goeth by degrees from languorous beauty to the swiftness and passion of Bacchanals dancing on the high lawns under a summer moon that hangeth in the pine trees; or the joyous maze of the Galliard; or the Gigue, dear to the Foliots.
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