A minuet is a slow, graceful dance for two people, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, and also the music written for that dance. It is usually in triple time, with a gentle, elegant feel.
From French ‘menuet,’ from ‘menu’ meaning ‘small’ or ‘delicate,’ referring to the dance’s small, dainty steps. It spread across European courts as a fashionable dance style.
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