1984/01/01 by Julia Sutton · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Aesthetics #Ancient history #Art #Art history #Baroque #Dance #Diversity and Impact of Dance #History #Law #Literature #Musicology and Musical Analysis #Period (music) #Phoenix #Political science #Popularity #Symphony #Throne
paper · doi:10.1080/01472528408568908
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Of all the dances popular from the accession of Louis XIV to the throne of France in 1661 until the French Revolution in 1789, the minuet is surely the most universally associated with that elegant period, not only because of its great popularity in its heyday, but because it was the only baroque and rococo dance of that dancing time to be incorporated into the classical symphony and sonata, thereby remaining to the present day in the public ear (though not its eye), as a delightful reminder of an earlier time. Because of its currency, then, amateurs today are just as curious