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Answer for the clue "Court dance of the 16th century ", 8 letters:
courante

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The courante , corrente , coranto and corant are some of the names given to a family of triple metre dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era . In a Baroque dance suite an Italian or French courante is typically paired with a preceding allemande ...

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n. 1 (context music English) An old French dance from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre. 2 (context music English) The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)