The furlana (also spelled furlane, forlane, friulana, forlana) is an Italian folk dance often credited to the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. It dates at least to 1609, and became popular in the mid-1780s.
The furlana is a fast dance, in duple-time 6/8. Originally the furlana was a courtship dance, performed by a couple. Introduced to France by André Campra at the end of the 17th century, it became a courtly dance.
Johann Sebastian Bach incorporated a forlane in his first orchestral suite. Maurice Ravel recalled the baroque usage in his piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin, though his Forlane is a rather plaintive piece in moderate time. Another forlane occurs at the end of Ernest Chausson's piano suite Quelques Danses (Some Dances) — this one far livelier and featuring a cross-rhythm of 3 against 6.
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