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COURANTE (a French word derived from courir, to run)

COURANTE (a See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French word derived from courir, to run) , a See also:

dance in 3-2 See also:

time See also:

march in See also:

VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue in See also:

France in the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century (see DANCE) . It is also a musical See also:

TERM

term for a See also:

MOVEMENT

movement or See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent piece based on the dance . In a See also:

SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite it followed the See also:

ALLEMANDE (Fr. for danse allemande, or German dance)

Allemande (q.v.), with which it is contrasted in See also:

RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

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