corante

courante, (French: “running”) also spelled courant, Italian corrente, court dance for couples, prominent in the late 16th century and fashionable in aristocratic European ballrooms, especially in France and England, for the next 200 years. It reputedly originated as an Italian folk dance with running steps.

This explicit legato notation naturally suggests the normal default courante tempo of 108 bpm.

French Courante is usually in 3 / 2 or 6 / 4, with a character Grave and characterized by rhythmic and metrical ambiguities. It is quite common the alternation and juxtaposition between the two meters, called “Proportio Sesquialtera”.

A triple meter dance in binary form, it existed in two versions: the French courante, which was generally solemn and stately and written in an occasionally ambiguous triple meter; and the Italian corrente, which was in a rapid triple meter.

The Courante is an archaic type of slow dance → which is ordinarily notated in three half notes with two reprises. The courante is composed of one beat, one step, one swaying gesture and one coupé. It is danced in pairs.

The principal sources about the Courante are from the Renaissance period or from the eighteenth century when the dance notation was developed.

A triple meter dance in binary form, it existed in two versions: the French courante, which was generally solemn and stately and written in an occasionally ambiguous triple meter; and the Italian corrente, which was in a rapid triple meter.

Definition of 'courante' 1. an old, lively French dance with running steps, or the music for this. 2. a stylized dance of this type used as a movement in a classical suite.

Courante - The second dance is the courante, a lively, French dance in triple meter. The Italian version is called the corrente. Sarabande - The sarabande, a Spanish dance, is the third of the four basic dances, and is one of the slowest of the baroque dances.

Courante - The second dance is the courante, a lively, French dance in triple meter. The Italian version is called the corrente. Sarabande - The sarabande, a Spanish dance, is the third of the four basic dances, and is one of the slowest of the baroque dances.

Apparently the dance became popular in the Spanish colonies before moving back across the Atlantic to Spain. While it was banned in Spain in 1583 for its obscenity, it was frequently cited in literature of the period (for instance in works by Cervantes and Lope de Vega).

saraband. / (ˈsærəˌbænd) / noun. a decorous 17th-century courtly dance. music a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, in slow triple time, often incorporated into the classical suite.