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Keywords: Dance, Triple, Gailliarde, Pavane, Gahl

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A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.

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A lively court dance of Italian origin, usually in triple time, popular in 16th and 17th centuries.

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an athletic sort of dance

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Lively, triple-meter French court dance.

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A lively, vigorous sixteenth-century dance.

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(gahl´-yard). A leaping dance in a fast triple meter, often preceded by a slower pavane.

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The galliard (gaillarde, in French) was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy, among others.

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