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Definition of Passepied
1. Noun. A courtly dance, in triple time, from 17th century France; a faster form of the minuet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Passepied
1. [n -S]
Literary usage of Passepied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"Bach, however, does not adhere to this rule, but in his Partita in В minor, places
the passepied before the Saraband. In character the passepied somewhat ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"In character the passepied somewhat resembles the Minuet, but it is played much
faster, and should always begin on the last beat of the bar, ..."
3. The Aeolian Pipe-organ and Its Music by Aeolian Company (1919)
"In general outline the passepied somewhat resembles a minuet, but it is swifter
of pace. The present passepied has for its main subject a quaint theme, ..."
4. The American History and Encyclopedia of Music by Janet M. Green, Josephine Thrall (1908)
"The Spanish name for passepied, a lively French dance of the Sixteenth Century.
See also passepied. ..."
5. A History of the Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players by Oskar Bie, Ernest Edward Kellett, Edward Woodall Naylor (1899)
"... the exquisitely delicate passepied in E minor —these all lie so thick one on
another, that one cannot recall a more sparkling album of dainty dances in ..."
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