Rigaudon

~1600 (Baroque)
France

4 works by 4 composers
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Group: Dance
Origin: Bouree

Synonyms: rigadon, rigadoon, Ригодон

A French baroque dance with a lively duple metre. The music is similar to that of a bourr?e, but the rigaudon is rhythmically simpler with regular phrases (eight measure phrases are most common).

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