allemande

American  

[al-uh-mand, -mahnd, al-uh-mand, al-uh-mahnd, al^uh-mahnd] / ˈæl əˌmænd, -ˌmɑnd, ˌæl əˈmænd, ˌæl əˈmɑnd, aləˈmɑ̃d /

noun

plural

allemandes

1. a 17th- and 18th-century dance in slow duple time.

2. a piece of music based on its rhythm, often following the prelude in the classical suite.

3. a figure performed in a quadrille.

4. a German folk dance in triple meter, similar to the ländler.

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allemande British  

/ almɑ̃d, ˈælɪmænd /

noun

1. the first movement of the classical suite, composed in a moderate tempo in a time signature of four-four

2. any of several German dances

3. a figure in country dancing or square dancing by means of which couples change position in the set

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Etymology

Origin of allemande

1675–85; < French, short for danse allemande German dance

Example Sentences

Three groups of square dancers swung through promenades and allemandes — huffing and sweating to “Free Ride” and “Bad Case of Loving You.”

From New York Times

Then we were off, Char naming each dance: a gavotte, a slow sarabande, a courante, an allemande.

From Literature

I beefed up my square-dancing vocabulary and moves, adding back in the do-si-do and the allemande.

From Seattle Times

"I want the Tokyo preludes, the Tokyo gigues, the Tokyo allemandes."

From Reuters

While many of the movements are based on traditional Baroque dance styles, only in the Suite No. 4 does Handel adhere to the typical structure of allemande, courante, sarabande and gigue.

From New York Times