Loure

The Loure is a slow dance of French origin, which dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is in 3/4- or 6/4-Takt.

This dance is sometimes referred to as a slow gigue or Gigue lente. The structure is mostly a dance movement form or binary form |: A: | |: B: | or |: A: | |: A: |.

Examples of this dance can be found in Lully (eg Alceste ), Johann Sebastian Bach (eg French Suite No. 5 and Partita No. 3 for solo violin) or Telemann (eg Hamburger Ebb and flow ).

  • Courtly dance
  • Dance in Western culture
France 17th century 18th century Georg Philipp Telemann
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