MATELOTTE, a Dutch sailors' dance, somewhat similar to the English hornpipe. The dancers wore wooden shoes, and their arms were interlaced behind their backs. The music of the Matelotte consists of two parts in 2–4 time, and is remarkable for its short decided rhythm. There is a sabot dance in Lortzing's ‘Czar und Zimmermann,
’ but it is not a true Matelotte, being written in waltz time. The following example is quoted by Schubert, Die Tanzmusik (Leipzig, 1867):...
