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Definition of Paspy
1. n. A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; -- called also passing measure, and passymeasure.
Definition of Paspy
1. Noun. A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular in the reign of (w Queen Elizabeth I) and for some time after. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paspy
1. a Breton dance [n PASPIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paspy
Literary usage of Paspy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895)
".(Adverb.) Not; as pas trop lent, not too slow. paspy. See Passepied. ...
Passepied (Fr.) A paspy, an old French dance in 3-8 or 6-8 time, ..."
2. The Chronicles of the St. Lawrence by James MacPherson Le Moine (1878)
"This is an Indian name—the English-speaking population have altered it into paspy
Jack. They call themselves paspy Jacks ..."
3. Shakspere and His Forerunners: Studies in Elizabethan Poetry and Its by Sidney Lanier, Henry Wysham Lanier (1908)
"... on the vocal side, and the dance-tunes on the instrumental side, particularly
the galliard, the passamezzo or paspy, the coranto, the morrice-dance, ..."
4. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac (1903)
"... forming as it were, couplets. The Saraband, slower than the minuet. The Courante,
slower than the saraband, notwithstanding its name. The paspy ..."
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