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cibell

cibell noun: a gavotte-like musical piece in duple metre, predominantly heard in Baroque music.

Noun

cibell (plural cibells)

  1. (historical) a gavotte-like musical piece in duple metre, predominantly heard in Baroque music.
    • The cibell was the English name for a duple meter tune beginning and ending at the half bar, as in the gavotte. It derived from the "Descente de Cybelle" in Lully's operat Atys (1676)[…]2007, Kate Van Winkle Keller, Dance and Its Music in America, 1528-1789, Pendragon Press, page 198

Forms of cibell

pluralcibells
alternative formcebell

Questions about cibell

What does cibell mean?
Cibell means a gavotte-like musical piece in duple metre, predominantly heard in Baroque music.
What part of speech is cibell?
Cibell is a noun.
What is the plural of cibell?
The plural of cibell is cibells.

Words near cibell in the dictionary

  1. cibariums
  2. cibation
  3. cibations
  4. Cibecue
  5. Cibecues
  6. cibell
  7. cibells
  8. cibenzoline
  9. CIBER
  10. cibi
  11. cibicidid

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