Courante

Each of the Cello Suites contains six movements, starting with a Prelude, followed by a series of alternating movements adopting the titles of slow or brisker courtly dances, such as Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Minuet, Bourrée, Gavotte or Gigue.

A 'Testament to Bach' 2008

"It is pretty," and in a lower key, as though trying its sound, she repeated softly, "_L'eau Courante_, Running Water."

The Emigrant Trail Geraldine Bonner 1900

S.rabande and Courante of J.S. Bach (transcribed); two Pianoforte

The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations 1874

This Queen took great pleasure in performing these grave dances; for she preferred to exhibit dignified grace rather than to express the gayety of the Branle, the Volta, and the Courante.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

Each section of the garden represents a different dance movement - a formal flower garden for the stately Minuet, a spiralling path through wildflowers for the Courante.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

It's a shame, too, that Jost offered an amateurish, pitch-challenged rendition of the "Courante" from Bach's Cello Suite No. 2 on his bass, souring an otherwise well-turned Bach set.

The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Joe Banno 2011

Courante was lively, the Sarabande rather inward-looking - and so the suite continued, in neat, fluid, and always very proper ways.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed COLIN EATOCK 2011

Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430: Courante (Instrumental) 1: 30 4.

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Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428: Courante (Instrumental) 1: 22 10.

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Each section is based on a dance: the Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue and then the Chaconne, which is longer than all four movements that precede it, combined.

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