cibell

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noun

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

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nouncibell (plural cibells)

plural cibells · alternative cebell

  1. historicala 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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cibell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cibell.

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