courante
French era
Definition
A lively Baroque dance — the Italian Corrente is fast and in simple triple metre; the French Courante is more complex, shifting between 6/4 and 3/2.
Interpretive Guidance
The second dance of a traditional Baroque suite. The Italian corrente is straightforwardly fast; the French courante's metric ambiguity (hemiola between 6/4 and 3/2) is its defining characteristic.