Gavotte
or GAVOT (gā-vot'), originally a dance of the gavots or people of Gap, in the department of the Upper Alps. Origin: French. The description of the dance, "a brisk round for as many as will," identifies it with the country dance. The gavotte seems to have been more popular as an instrumental piece than as a dance, and to have been a favorite movement in suites lessons, and sonatas from the latter part of the 17th century.