A minuet (/ˌmɪnjuːˈɛt/; also spelled menuet), is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italianminuetto and Frenchmenuet, possibly from the French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular group dances called branle à mener or amener.
The term also describes the musical style that accompanies the dance, which subsequently developed more fully, often with a longer musical form called the minuet and trio, and was much used as a movement in the early classical symphony.
Dance
The name may refer to the short steps, pas menus, taken in the dance, or else be derived from the branle à mener or amener, popular group dances in early 17th-century France (Little 2001). The minuet was traditionally said to have descended from the bransle de Poitou, though there is no evidence making a clear connection between these two dances. The earliest treatise to mention the possible connection of the name to the expression pas menus is Gottfried Taubert's Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister, published in Leipzig in 1717, but this source does not describe the steps as being particularly small or dainty (Russell 2006, 140–41). At the period when it was most fashionable it was controlled, ceremonious and graceful.
Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool (Minuet) is an integrated Internet package for DOS Operating Systems on IBM-compatible PCs.
Background
Minuet was created at the University of Minnesota, in the early days of the World Wide Web (1994–1996). At that time, Internet software for the PC was immature — the only programs available were NCSA Telnet and NCSA FTP. Both were glitchy, hard to configure, and TTY-oriented.
The microcomputer support department at the university decided to come up with something better. Their design goals were:
The result was "Minuet". Minuet was quite successful, being used at many colleges and institutions. Usage peaked around 1996, going down as Windows 95 and its free e-mail and web browser proliferated.
Implementation
The program was written in Turbo Pascal, using the Turbo Vision GUI. This base was a good match for the PCs of that time. Turbo Vision in its early incarnations used the 80×25 character text mode, meaning very speedy screen updates, even on slow PCs.
Minuet (1812–1833) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classicOaks Stakes at Epsom Downs Racecourse in 1815. In a racing career which lasted from July 1814 until October 1817 she competed twenty-one times, winning nine races and being placed on a further ten occasions. On her only race in 1814, she won the July Stakes, one of the year's most important races for two-year-olds. In the following year she finished second in the 1000 Guineas on her debut and then won her next three races including the Oaks. Minuet stayed in training for two further seasons, winning five more races including a victory over a strong field in the all-aged Trial Stakes in September 1816. After her retirement from racing she had some success as a broodmare, breeding several winners.
Background
Minuet was a bay mare bred by her owner George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton at his stud at Euston Hall in Suffolk. Her dam, Woodbine was a half-sister to the good broodmare Hornby Lass and herself produced several other winners including the 1813 Oaks winner Music. Minuet was sired by the 1790 Epsom Derby winner Waxy, who became an influential and important stallion, siring two additional Oaks winners and four winners of the Derby. Grafton sent the filly to be trained at Newmarket by Robert Robson, the so-called "Emperor of Trainers".
Hanging out in the run By the station where you Wanted to know How the world turned so plain Told you and you took it to heart You said someday ill be someone Oh I'm gonna be such a star and sleep with your eyes open try to keep from choking on those words that the wrote for you cities and state lines are blind by the road side as the exits collide and the numbers are to new heights a rest stop here a couple of beers oh here's to new friends and a light big career and you drown in your sorrows in fire and whine and you wonder were you went wrong all the time sleep with your eyes open try to keep from choking on those words that the wrote for you and all the things you do all the words that your saying and the flowers you've laid are all falling backwards the places and names the fortune and fame are all falling backwards your still two months from home you feel so alone its all falling backwards falling backwards falling backwards and sleep with your eyes open try to keep from choking on those words that the wrote for you and all the things they do to make you over know that when its over Ill be here looking back at you
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Guests at a "Bridgerton"-themed ball in Detroit were left disappointed — and some wants refunds ... "They never even scanned our tickets ... @moreofnita. Yawll they didnt even pay the photographer💀💀💀 ♬ Mozart Minuet with violin(815356) - 松本一策 ... ....
It is typically accompanied by the Vine Thud sound effect ... my son won hands down! 🤨 #RockChallenge #MomFails #FridayFun #FamilyNight #EyebrowGoals #dwaynejohnson ♬ L.Boccherini, Minuet from String Quartet No.5 in F major - AllMusicGallery ... .
A maestro in his own right, Mayer extolled the presence of Dr ... The nexus of trust and negotiation, the minuet of trust and resolution—it is in these cadences that his legacy finds resonance. ....
