舞曲——既是舞蹈的伴奏音乐,又是可供欣赏的独立曲调。近三个世纪以来,欧美的舞曲大致发生了三次突出的变化,即:十八世纪是“小步舞曲时代”,十九世纪是“圆舞曲时代”,二十世纪是“探戈舞曲时代”。当然,这种划分不是绝对的,而是以大概时间而言,同时,每种舞曲也并不正好占有整个世纪,直到现在音乐会上,人们对上两个世纪的小步舞曲和圆舞曲仍很欣赏。从这三个世纪舞曲的变化我们可以看出,它们的速度越变越快,并且,都是从帽间进入宫廷,又从宫廷走向社会;越来越普及化、大众化。小步舞曲(Minuet)原是法国的一种民间舞,以后逐渐进入城市,然后被法国 Dance music - both accompaniment of dance music, but also for the independent tune to enjoy. In the recent three centuries, there have been three outstanding changes in European and American dance music: the 18th century is the era of minuet, the 18th century is the age of waltzes, and the twentieth century is the tango era. Of course, this division is not absolute, but about the time, at the same time, each dance does not exactly occupy the entire century, until now the concert, people are the last two centuries minuets and Waltz is still very enjoy. From the changes of dance music in these three centuries, we can see that their speed is getting faster and faster, and that they all go from the court to the court and from the court to the society. They are becoming more and more popular and popular. Minuet was originally a French folk dance, and later gradually into the city, and then by France