COURANTE Definition & Meaning

courante

[ koo-rahnt; French koo-rahnt ]

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noun

plural courantes

a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
a piece of music for or suited to this dance.
Music. a movement following the allemande in the classical suite.

courante

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noun

an old dance in quick triple time
a movement of a (mostly) 16th- to 18th-century suite based on this

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of courante¹

1580–90; < Middle French; literally, running, feminine present participle of courir to run; current

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of courante¹

C16: from French, literally: running, feminine of courant, present participle of courir to run, from Latin currere

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Then we were off, Char naming each dance: a gavotte, a slow sarabande, a courante, an allemande.

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Ma played slow, but in some dances, particularly courantes and the concluding gigues, he played fast, blurring details, going straight for the jugular.

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Some of the most exhilaratingly virtuosic playing occurred in the quick courantes, while the lively gigues concluded each suite with an air of culminating inevitability.

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Yet even in a stylish courante or minuet, Bach the ingenious master of counterpoint is ever-present.

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Mr. Tamestit compared the crazed, fast movement to a courante, adding that the quality of sound was not of utmost importance.

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