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1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant 284 A kind of Gavote or Branle, in which the Men and Women are mingl'd, as at Passepied in France.

1702 Third Bk. Harpsicord Master 15 (heading) The English paspy.

1704 Ladys Banquet 10 (title) A paspie by Mr. King.

1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. Passepied, is an Air very much like a Minuet in all Respects, only to be play'd more brisk and lively.

1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress ii. iii. 37 Did you see when my trimming in the passe-pied of a cotillion came luckily in contact with Billy Skim's great shoe buckle—How it ripp'd away?

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Paspey, a particular kind of dance, Strathmore.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 343/1 Paspy, the English name for the dance Passepied... Hawkins says it ‘is said to have been invented in Bretagne, and it is in effect a quick minuet’.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Let. July (1902) II. 42 My next op. will probably be a Passepied and fugue in G.

1923 J. Pulver Dict. Old Eng. Music & Musical Instruments 166 The proximity of this part of France [sc. Brittany] to Poitou may be an explanation for the great likeness that many authorities have found between the Paspy and the Menuet.

1977 Early Music 5 162 This dance begins with a six-measure strain of courante played twice, followed without pause by a short bourrée, sarabande, and passepied.

2002 Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) (Nexis) 14 Oct. b5 Overtures, gavottes, minuets and passepieds sprang to life with lithe rhythms..and highly etched phrasing.