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noun A stately 16th-century dance in duple meter.
noun Music A composition written to or as if to accompany this dance, often used as the first movement of a suite.
noun A lively dance of the mid-18th century in triple meter.

It is written in 4/4 time, and makes frequent use of scalar figures riveted, I read on ... Harmonically, this allemande is relatively straightforward, set clearly in D major, with the goal of the first half being the establishment of A major, the dominant key.
But really: “this allemande is relatively straightforward”?
L'OTAN, qui fête ses soixante ans d'existence, organise son sommet annuel les 3 et 4 avril sur la frontière franco-allemande (Strasbourg et Baden-Baden) sous la bannière de la liberté, la paix et la démocratie. — Anarkismo.net
France: L'entreprise allemande de pneus annonce des fermetures d'usines en Europe (26.03.2009)
France: L'entreprise allemande de pneus annonce des fermetures d'usines en Europe (26.03.2009) ¡Asista a las conferencias regionales!