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Dance as a musical form
Musical form

The term musical form refers to two related concepts:*the type of composition *the structure of a particular musical piece .There is some overlap between musical form and musical genre....
 is a smaller musical composition intended for the presentation of dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
. It can be used as an accompaniment for actual dance, but its main purpose is music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 as such.

Dance can be part of a larger composition, such as symphony
Symphony

A symphony is a musical composition, often extended and usually for orchestra. "Symphony" does not imply a specific form. Many symphonies are tonality works in four movement with the first in sonata form, and this is often described by music theorists as the structure of a "Classical period " symphony, although even some symphonies by the ac...
 or ballet
Ballet

Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
. In this case it is similar to the part of a libretto
Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet....
 that tells about a dance that happens according to the plot.








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Dance as a musical form
Musical form

The term musical form refers to two related concepts:*the type of composition *the structure of a particular musical piece .There is some overlap between musical form and musical genre....
 is a smaller musical composition intended for the presentation of dance
Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to Motion of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of Emotional expression, social social interaction or presented in a spirituality or performance setting....
. It can be used as an accompaniment for actual dance, but its main purpose is music
Music

Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
 as such.

Dance can be part of a larger composition, such as symphony
Symphony

A symphony is a musical composition, often extended and usually for orchestra. "Symphony" does not imply a specific form. Many symphonies are tonality works in four movement with the first in sonata form, and this is often described by music theorists as the structure of a "Classical period " symphony, although even some symphonies by the ac...
 or ballet
Ballet

Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
. In this case it is similar to the part of a libretto
Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet....
 that tells about a dance that happens according to the plot.

Some well-known dances in music


  • Sabre Dance
    Sabre Dance

    The Sabre Dance is a Movement in the final act of the Armenians composer Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane, completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres....
     by Aram Khachaturian
    Aram Khachaturian

    Aram Khachaturian was a Soviet Union-Armenians composer whose works were often influenced by Armenian folk music....
     within ballet "Gayane
    Gayane

    Gayane is a four-act ballet with music by Aram Khachaturian. Originally composed in 1942, to a libretto by Konstantin Derzhavin, and choreographed by Nina Aleksandrovna Anisimova, the score was revised in 1952, and in 1957, with a new plot....
    ").
  • Czardas in Hungarian Rhapsodies
    Hungarian Rhapsodies

    The Hungarian Rhapsodies, List of compositions by Franz Liszt , R106, is a set of 19 pianos based on Hungarian people folk music, composed by Franz Liszt during 1846-1853, and later in 1882 and 1885....
     by Ferenc Liszt
    Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt was a Kingdom of Hungary composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher.Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 19th century....
  • Numerous pieces named Slavonic Dance (#1, #2,...#10,...), by Antonín Dvorák
    Antonín Dvorák

    Anton?n Leopold Dvor?k was a Czechs composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia....
  • Habanera
    Habanera (aria)

    The "Habanera" is an aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, adapted from the Habanera "El Arreglito" originally composed by Sebasti?n Iradier....
     in Carmen
    Carmen

    Carmen is a French op?ra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal?vy, based on the Carmen by Prosper M?rim?e, first published in 1845, itself influenced by the narrative poem "The Gypsies" by Pushkin....
     by Georges Bizet
    Georges Bizet

    Georges Bizet was a France composer and pianist of the Romantic music era. He is best known for the opera Carmen....
  • Spring Khorovod
    Chorea (dance)

    'Chorea' is a circle dance accompanied by singing , known in ancient Greece. Homer refers to this dance in his epic poem, the Iliad.Cognates of the name used to describe circle dances exist in a number of other countries: Khorovod , Hora , Hora in Ukraine, also Khorovod, Horo , Oro or Horo ....
    , Dance of the Earth and Sacrificial Dance in The Rite of Spring
    The Rite of Spring

    The Rite of Spring, commonly referred to by its original French language title, Le Sacre du Printemps is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, original choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, and original set design and costumes by archaeologist and painter Nicholas Roerich, all under impresario Serge Diaghilev....
     ballet by Igor Stravinsky
    Igor Stravinsky

    Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially Cosmopolitanism Russian who was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the century....


See also

  • Dance music
    Dance music

    Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....