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Meaning of cibell | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

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

historical

Examples

“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)[…]”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

cibenzoline CIBER cibi cibicidid Cibin cibisatamab

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