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This galliard by Byrd opens with a melody related to the pavane also shown here.

Spirited 16th-century court dance in triple time, originating from Lombardy, Italy. It was a very athletic dance, full of complicated steps, mainly performed by couples and popular in the court of Elizabeth I of England. It became increasingly lascivious in the 17th century. The music for the galliard consists of compound duple time (6/8) with bars of simple triple time (3/4) intermingled to upset the pulse. The galliard is often coupled to a pavane, of contrasting common time (4/4).
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A landsman could hardly have worn this garb and shown this face, and worn and shown them both with such a galliard air, without undergoing stern question before a magistrate, and probably incurring a fine or imprisonment, or perhaps an exhibition in the stocks.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
`That is your business, old swine's-head,' cried the black galliard.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Nay, if there be any, that would reign and take up all the time, let him find means to take them off, and to bring others on; as musicians use to do, with those that dance too long galliards.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
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