courantecourantn.

/kuːˈrɑːnt/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s corant, 1700s currant, corrant, ( courant).

Etymology: < French courante in same sense, lit. ‘running (dance)’, < courant , -ante , present participle of courir to run. In 17th cent. usually corant , and coranto n.¹; in 18th cent. conformed to the French, and in this form alone now used as a musical term.

1. A kind of dance formerly in vogue, characterized by a running or gliding step (as distinguished from leaping).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > lively dances > [noun] > courante

coranto1564

courante1586

quarante1604

1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xi. 39 The Voltes, courantes, and vyolent daunses proceede from furie.

1596 J. Davies Orchestra lxix. sig. B6^v What shall I name those currant trauases That on a triple Dactyle foote doe run Close by the ground with slyding passages, Wherein that Dauncer greatest prayse hath won Which with best order can all orders shun: For euery where he wantonly must range, And turne, and wind, with vnexpected change.]

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 181 The volte rising and leaping, the courante trauising and running..The courant hath twise so much in a straine, as the English country daunce.

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 64 I am fit for Nothing but low dancing now, a Corant, a Boreè, Or a Minnuét.

a1701 C. Sedley tr. D. A. de Brueys & J. Palaprat Grumbler ii. xvii, in Wks. (1722) II. 185 L. You wou'd have a grave, serious Dance perhaps? G. Yes, a serious one..L. Well, the Courante, the Bocane, the Sarabande.

1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 304 She..swam round the room, as if leading up a courant.

1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 9 He dreamed of the reel, the jig,..and the corant.

attributive.1668 J. Dryden Secret-love v. i. 50 I can..walk with a courant slurr.

2. Music. The tune used for accompanying this dance, or a tune of similar construction; a piece of music in triple time, regularly following the Allemande as a movement of the Suite.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > dances used as part of suite

Almain1591

jig1593

coranto1597

courante1597

saraband1631

allemandec1639

minuet1678

gigue1685

gavotte1696

minuetto1724

giga1730

1597 [see sense 1].

1672 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 6) Pref. sig. A8 Our late and Solemn Musick..is now jostled out of esteem by the new Corants and Jigs of Foreigners.

1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony viii. 198 The Kinds of Air..As, Almand, Corant, Jigg, &c.

1880 E. Prout in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 410 As a component of the suite, the Courante follows the Allemande, with which in its character it is strongly contrasted.

3. dialect. A running or careering about.

ΚΠ

1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto I (new ed.) 7 All her wild couraunts in fields of clover.

1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 244 By a courant with the boys, they mean a game of running romps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	courante
释义	courantecourantn. /kuːˈrɑːnt/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s corant, 1700s currant, corrant, ( courant). Etymology: < French courante in same sense, lit. ‘running (dance)’, < courant , -ante , present participle of courir to run. In 17th cent. usually corant , and coranto n.¹; in 18th cent. conformed to the French, and in this form alone now used as a musical term. 1. A kind of dance formerly in vogue, characterized by a running or gliding step (as distinguished from leaping). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > lively dances > [noun] > courante coranto1564 courante1586 quarante1604 1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xi. 39 The Voltes, courantes, and vyolent daunses proceede from furie. 1596 J. Davies Orchestra lxix. sig. B6^v What shall I name those currant trauases That on a triple Dactyle foote doe run Close by the ground with slyding passages, Wherein that Dauncer greatest prayse hath won Which with best order can all orders shun: For euery where he wantonly must range, And turne, and wind, with vnexpected change.] 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 181 The volte rising and leaping, the courante trauising and running..The courant hath twise so much in a straine, as the English country daunce. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 64 I am fit for Nothing but low dancing now, a Corant, a Boreè, Or a Minnuét. a1701 C. Sedley tr. D. A. de Brueys & J. Palaprat Grumbler ii. xvii, in Wks. (1722) II. 185 L. You wou'd have a grave, serious Dance perhaps? G. Yes, a serious one..L. Well, the Courante, the Bocane, the Sarabande. 1746 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 304 She..swam round the room, as if leading up a courant. 1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 9 He dreamed of the reel, the jig,..and the corant. attributive.1668 J. Dryden Secret-love v. i. 50 I can..walk with a courant slurr. 2. Music. The tune used for accompanying this dance, or a tune of similar construction; a piece of music in triple time, regularly following the Allemande as a movement of the Suite. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > dances used as part of suite Almain1591 jig1593 coranto1597 courante1597 saraband1631 allemandec1639 minuet1678 gigue1685 gavotte1696 minuetto1724 giga1730 1597 [see sense 1]. 1672 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 6) Pref. sig. A8 Our late and Solemn Musick..is now jostled out of esteem by the new Corants and Jigs of Foreigners. 1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony viii. 198 The Kinds of Air..As, Almand, Corant, Jigg, &c. 1880 E. Prout in G. Grove Dict. Music I. 410 As a component of the suite, the Courante follows the Allemande, with which in its character it is strongly contrasted. 3. dialect. A running or careering about. ΚΠ 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto I (new ed.) 7 All her wild couraunts in fields of clover. 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 2nd Ser. 244 By a courant with the boys, they mean a game of running romps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1586
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