coranto
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coranto
1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante
Example Sentences
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In 1625 was issued the first coranto with a name, 'printed for Mercurius Britannicus'.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
"Or if ye will, the little maid will dance the coranto for you, straight from my Lord Chancellor's dancing-master; and while she dances I will sing."
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
"May I be honored with your Majesty's hand for the next coranto?"
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
They no more think of weaving whole paragraphs or chapters into complex harmonies, than an ordinary pedestrian of 'going to church in a galliard and coming home in a coranto.'
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
The coranto is a difficult movement to perform gracefully.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
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