French social dances

Usage examples of minuets.

Byles Gridley looked on gravely, thinking of the minuets and the gavots of his younger days.

I see that you were amused at the Carnival and that you were four times at the masked ball, where there were two hundred women, and that you danced minuets and quadrilles to the great astonishment of the ambassador Foscarini who told everyone that you were sixty years old, although in reality you have not yet reached your sixtieth year.

I left her alone for a moment after supper, and went to the box, where I expected to find Madame Pichona, but it was occupied by maskers, who were unknown to me, so I rejoined my partner, and we went on dancing the minuets and quadrilles till the fandango was announced.

The minuets came to an end, and Dupre announced the quadrilles, and I was glad to see the Chevalier Ville-Follet dancing with the Corticelli.

When the minuets stopped the square dances began, and refreshments were liberally handed round.

The minuets over, the square dances began, and I thought I was dreaming when I saw Armelline and the Florentine taking their places.

In the spring of 1883 he began to compose music, and in 1885 we published together an album of minuets, gavottes, and fugues.