Courante
Baroque works
Definition
A Baroque dance in triple or compound duple meter, typically fast and flowing. One of the four core movements of the Baroque keyboard suite, following the allemande.
Historical Context
Two distinct varieties exist: the French courante in compound metre (3/2 or 6/4) with rhythmic ambiguity, and the Italian corrente in a faster, simpler triple metre. Bach's suites use both types. Godowsky's Courante in E minor (Op.12 No.3) is an example in the style of the Baroque original.
Works (30)
- English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: Courante I Key A major
- English Suite No. 1 in A major, BWV 806: Courante II Key A major
- English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: Courante Key A minor
- English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808: Courante Key G minor
- English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809: Courante Key F major
- English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810: Courante Key E minor
- English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811: Courante Key D minor
- French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: Courante Key D minor
- French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813: Courante Key C minor
- French Suite No. 3 in B minor, BWV 814: Courante Key B minor
- French Suite No. 4 in E♭ major, BWV 815: Courante Key E♭ major
- French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816: Courante Key G major
- French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817: Courante Key E major
- Partita No. 1 in B♭ major, BWV 825: Corrente Key B♭ major
- Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: Courante Key C minor
- Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827: Corrente Key A minor
- Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828: Courante Key D major
- Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: Corrente Key G major
- Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830: Corrente Key E minor
- French Overture in B minor, BWV 831: Courante Key B minor
- Courante in A major Key A major
- Courante in B minor Key B minor
- Courante in C minor Key C minor
- Courante No. 1 in A minor Key A minor
- Courante No. 1 in C major Key C major
- Courante No. 1 in D major Key D major
- Courante No. 1 in D minor Key D minor
- Courante No. 1 in E minor Key E minor
- Courante No. 1 in F major Key F major
- Courante No. 1 in G major Key G major