courante

Definition of Courante in English :

1. courante

a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Courante

noun music

1.

an old dance in quick triple time

2.

a movement of a (mostly) 16th- to 18th-century suite based on this

noun

1.

an old, lively French dance with running steps, or the music for this

2.

a stylized dance of this type used as a movement in a classical suite

n.

1. A 16th-century court dance characterized by short advances and retreats.

2. Music The second movement of the classical baroque suite, typically following the allemande.