Pause

A Dictionary of Musical Terms · 1895 · p. 16

1. A rest.—2. A hold (*).—3. (Fr.) A'whole rest, semibreve-rest. Pav/an,-e, A stately dance of Italian or Spanish origin, in slow tempo and all a-breve time. [Probably of ‘Ttallan origin, the It. pav a’na (abbr. of padoana referring. to a pecmnt-dauec of the province of Pacua.]