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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.

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.

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”.

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

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Noun. coranto (plural corantos or corantoes) A fast-paced dance which originated in France. (historical) An early informational broadsheet, bringing together news and philosophical discussion.

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.

A minuet: typically 'a stately dance in triple time' (Bridgeman images) The origins of the minuet – a stately dance in triple time – are blurred. Its name may derive from the French 'menu' ('slender'), denoting the small, neat steps of the dance.

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 word is derived from the Italian gazzetta, a name given to informal news or gossip sheets first published in Venice in the mid-16th century. (Some historians speculate that the word was originally the name of a Venetian coin.) Similar sheets soon made their appearance in France and in England.

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