‖ gigue Mus.
(ʒig)
See also jig.
[F. gigue = It. giga, orig. a fiddle or lute (whence Ger. geige fiddle).]
A piece of music, of a lively character, in two strains or sections, each of which is repeated; usually employed as the last movement of the Suite.
| 1685 Lond. Gaz. No. 2081/4 Airs for the Violin: To wit, Preludes, Fuges, Allmands, Sarabands, Courants, Gigues. 1823 Roscoe tr. Sismondi's Lit. Eur. I. v. 170 To adapt a gigue so as to enliven the psaltry. 1879 Grove Dict. Mus. I. 595/2 Gigue or Giga. |