Dance as a musical form is a smaller musical composition intended for the presentation of dance. It can be used as an accompaniment for actual dance, but its main purpose is music as such. The term musical form refers to two related concepts: the type of composition (for example, a musical work can have the form of a symphony, a concerto, or other another generic type -- see Multi-movement forms below) the structure of a particular piece (for example, a piece can be writeen... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ...

Dance can be part of a larger composition, such as symphony or ballet. In this case it is similar to the part of a libretto that tells about a dance that happens according to the plot. A symphony is an extended composition usually for orchestra and usually comprising four movements. ... For other uses, see Ballet (disambiguation). ... A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... Look up Plot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Some well-known dances in music

• Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian within ballet "Gayane").
• Czardas in Hungarian Rhapsodies by Ferenc Liszt
• Numerous pieces named Slavonic Dance (#1, #2,...#10,...), by Antonín Dvořák
• Habanera in Carmen by Georges Bizet
• Spring Khorovod, Dance of the Earth and Sacrificial Dance in The Rite of Spring ballet by Igor Stravinsky

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ¡Õ´ Ô½Õ¡Õ¹Õ¡Õ¿Ö€ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, Aram Xačatryan; Russian: Аpaм Ильич XaчaÑ‚ypян, Aram Ilič Hačaturjan) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... Gayane (sometimes written Gayaneh or Gayne) is a ballet in 4 acts with music by Aram Khachaturian. ... Czardas or Csárdás (Hungarian csárdás, from csárda, a tavern, beer house) is a traditional Hungarian folk dance. ... The Hungarian Rhapsodies, (S/G244, R106) Rapsodies hongroises or Ungarische Rhapsodien) are a set of pieces of music by Franz Liszt, originally for solo piano. ... Portrait of Franz Liszt, painted in 1839 by Henri Lehmann. ... Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk-music of his native Bohemia in symphonic and chamber music. ... The Habanera is an aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. ... Poster from the 1875 premiere of Carmen Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. ... Georges Bizet. ... Chorea (choreia, khoreia, χορεία) is a circle dance (χορεύω σε κύκλο) accompanied by singing (see chorus, khoros), known in ancient Greece. ... The Rite of Spring (French: Le Sacre du printemps; Russian: Весна священная, Vesna svjaščennaja) is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. ... Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Russian: Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Igor Fëdorovič Stravinskij) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a Russian composer best known for three compositions from his earlier, Russian period: LOiseau de feu (The Firebird) (1910), Petrushka (1911), and Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (1913). ...

See also

• Dance music