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ECOSSAISE - Écossaise (in French: Scottish) is a type of contradanse in a Scottish style - a Scottish country dance at least in name - that was popular in Franc...
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Dance ceases, so I go off |
'A very fashionable waltz step came up while we were at Heidelberg, the --' (Mrs Gaskell) |
Country dance |
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Jun 14 2008 The Times - Concise |
May 2 2008 The Times - Specialist |
Apr 6 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
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An energetic country dance in duple time in which couples form lines facing each other. |
Ecossaise description |
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Écossaise (in French: Scottish) is a type of contradanse in a Scottish style - a Scottish country dance at least in name - that was popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th. Despite the Écossaise mimicking a Scottish country dance, it is actually French in origin. The écossaise was usually danced in 2/4 time in two lines, with men facing the women. As the dance is executed, couples progress to the head of the line. Écossaise compositions were mainly written for solo piano, so that couples could dance to it. The musical form was also adopted by some classical composers, including Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Frédéric Chopin, who wrote a number of Ecossaises for the piano, which are recognized for their lively rhythm. Chopin composed Three Ecossaises, Op. 72, in this style. Schubert also wrote a number of écossaises for piano, including Ecossaise, D.158, 8 Ecossaises, D.529, and 12 Ecossaises, D.299. Beethoven compos |