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Bourree

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a French name for a dance common in Auvergne and in Biscay in Spain; also a term for a musical composition or a dance-movement in a suite, somewhat akin to the gavotte, in quick time with two beats to the bar.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bourree'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bourree.html. 1910.
 
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