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Allemande   Listen
noun
Allemande  n.  
1.
(Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
2.
A figure in dancing.





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"Allemande" Quotes from Famous Books



... every body will go to waters and races till his Majesty of Denmark arrives. He is extremely amorous; but stays so short a time, that the ladies who Intended to be undone must not hagle. They must do their business in the twinkling of an allemande, or he will be flown. Don't you think he will be a little surprised, when he inquires for the seriglio in Buckingham-house, to find, in full of all ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole Volume 3 • Horace Walpole


Words linked to "Allemande" :   allemande sauce, sauce


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