How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition Season 1 Episode 20 Classical-era Form—Minuet and Trio: Baroque Antecedents

This lecture continues the examination of Classical instrumental musical form with an investigation of Baroque minuet and trio form, the antecedent of Classical minuet and trio form. The importance of courtly dance in 17th-century France is discussed, as is the development of stylized dances.