‖ minuetto
(minuˈetto, mɪnjuːˈɛtəʊ)
[It.]
= minuet.
| 1724 Short Explication Foreign Words in Musick Bks. 46 Minuetto, a Minuet, a French Dance so called, or the Tune or Air belonging thereunto. 1888 Academy 21 Jan. 51/2 The wonderful largo was at times rough, and the minuetto taken at too rapid a rate. 1923 [see grape n.1 1]. 1971 Blom & Westrup Everyman's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) 431/2 Minuetto (It.). This, not ‘Menuetto’, is the correct It. name for the Minuet. |