galliard
galliard (It. gagliarda; Fr. gaillard). Lively dance, from 15th cent. or earlier, in simple triple time. Featured a group of 5 steps, and was therefore sometimes called cinque passi (It.), cinque pas (Fr.), and cinque pace or sink-a-pace (Eng.). Often paired and contrasted with the slower pavan, this assoc. being the origin of the suite. Vaughan Williams's Job contains a modern galliard.
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