Courante means running, and in the later Renaissance the
courante was danced with fast running and jumping steps. During
this period, there were two types of courante: French and Italian.
In a Baroque dance suite, an Italian or French courante typically
comes between the allemande and the Sarabande, making it the second
or third movement. However the tempo is slow.
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