badinerie

/ bəˌdɪnəˈriː /

noun

1. music a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite

Word History and Origins

Origin of badinerie¹

French: a pleasantry

Example Sentences

A classical section included a riotous version of Bach’s “Badinerie” that featured virtuosic solos by Janne Bengtson on the flute and Kalle Moraeus on the banjo.

From New York Times

Compare Harold C. Schonberg, who in 1970 huffed, also in The Times, “Hearing the Badinerie from Bach’s B minor Suite buh-buh-bubbed by a singer who could not even maintain some of the basic figurations was one of the more vulgar experiences of a concert-going lifetime.”

From New York Times

Rachel Brown gave the bouncing Badinerie that ends the Second the admirable attributes of folk flute.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, it was very much of its time and greeted by enthusiastic applause, reproduced here at painful length before the performers repeat the scampering Badinerie as encore.

From New York Times

Familiar melodies aside, the music had a frisson of added intensity, even melancholy; Ms. Lamon was an exciting soloist, conjuring a whirlwind in the final Badinerie.

From New York Times