Menuet or minuet - what is it?

Question

A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France.
One of first dances learned in my early years at school

Answer 1

French: menuet; German: Menuett; Italian - minuetto- Spanish: minueto, English: minuet

A dance, of French origin, in a moderate triple metre. It was known at Louis XIV's court as an elegant social dance performed by one couple at a time, and remained the most popular dance among the European aristocracy until the late 18th century. Lully introduced numerous minuets into his operas and ballets and the dance was frequently included in Baroque keyboard and ensemble suites. Italian minuets, often in 3/8 or 6/8 time, were faster.

You can see an example here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9opgNifSE

Answer 2

A minuet, sometimes spelled menuet....
It is from Italian - minuetto, from the French menuet, meaning small, pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from the Latin minutus; menuetto is a word that occurs only on musical scores...
But classic is - minuet, I think... =)

Answer 3

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Menuet or minuet - what is it?
A slow, stately pattern dance in 3/4 time for groups of couples, originating in 17th-century France.
One of first dances learned in my early years at school

Answer 4

It can be either one. Please read the following:

A minuet, sometimes spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two persons, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted, under the influence of the Italian minuetto, from the French menuet, meaning small, pretty, delicate, a diminutive of menu, from the Latin minutus; menuetto is a word that occurs only on musical scores. The word refers probably to the short steps, pas menus, taken in the dance. At the period when it was most fashionable it was slow, ceremonious, and graceful.

Answer 5

there isn't a difference a minuet, sometimes spelled menuet, is a social dance of French origin for two persons, usually in 3/4 time. its just spelled differently.

Answer 6

Minuet, quite graceful really.

Answer 7

minuet i had to do it for a school report

Answer 8

the minuet...

Answer 9

Menuet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!