Who Invented the Gigue?

Gigue, (French: “jig”) Italian giga, popular Baroque dance that originated in the British Isles and became widespread in aristocratic circles of Europe; also a medieval name for a bowed string instrument, from which the modern German word Geige (“violin”) derives.

What is the form of a gigue?

gigue (also Eng. jig, It. giga): a fast dance in duple meter and binary form. It originated in England and Ireland as the jig, and was known in France by the 1650s.

Is Gavotte a Baroque dance?

The gavotte became popular in the court of Louis XIV where Jean-Baptiste Lully was the leading court composer. ... Subsequently many composers of the Baroque period incorporated the dance as one of many optional additions to the standard instrumental suite of the era.