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A courante is a French dance from the late Renaissance period, or the second movement of a baroque suite.

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What is the time signature of the courante?

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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. By student at Selly Park Technology College for Girls in Birmingham England.


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What are the names of the French Baroque dance forms?

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What is a standard Baroque suite?

Johann Jakob Froberger and some of his contemporaries and students established a standardized suite, consisting of Allemande, Courante, Saranbande, and Gigue. This pattern, however, was much modified, altered and expanded in later times, and the French clavecinists did their own thing anyway.


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