Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707): "Courante aus der Suite Nr. 7 in d-moll"

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Courante aus der Suite Nr. 7 in d-moll

Courante (Corrente, Corranto):

Sie gehört zu den Tanzformen des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts und hatte als Nachtanz der Allemande ein längeres Leben als diese. Die älteren Couranten haben ein langsames Tempo, um die Mitte des 17.Jahrhunderts werden sie rascher, und Praetorius verlangt für sie ein schnelles Tempo. Typisch für die Courante im 17.Jahrhundert ist ein ungerader Takt, im 18.Jahrhundert ein Auftakt mit kurzen Noten und das Auftreten punktierter Rhythmen.

A courante (called corrente in Italian), is a dance that was popular in Baroque music in the 17th and early 18th centuries. The word comes from the French word for to "run".

The courante was a fast, running dance with 3 beats in a bar (the time signature was often 3/2, although sometimes it was 3/4). During the 17th century the French courante started to become slower than the Italian corrente, and it often had more counterpoint (imitating parts). However, this was not a strict rule, and the courantes that Bach wrote were both Italian and French in style, and sometimes he called them "courante" and sometimes "corrente".

Composers of the Baroque period often composed a group of several dances. This was called a suite. There was usually an allemande, then the courante was the second dance, followed by a sarabande and a gigue and sometimes one or two other dances or as well.

Many thanks for listening, and evaluate.

Cembalist2009

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• Alte Musik
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• Baroque

[Cembalist2009]

I use synthetic plectra (Delrin).

[LordMgls]

Very nice. Thanks for posting. What's the weight and size of that clavichord? (I was wondering...)

[karlbeethoven89]

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[Octavin2]

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[jpctrp]

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