rigaudon
Americannoun
plural
rigaudonsExample Sentences
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But the finger work in the “Prélude” and the “Toccata” lacked the jeweled clarity the finest pianists can produce, and the middle section of the “Rigaudon” sounded disorganized.
From Washington Post
For him Puvis tries to dance a rigaudon at a Requiem mass!
From Project Gutenberg
Though this is a witty and skillfully scored neo-Rococo suite, in Grieg’s hands the Gavotte and Rigaudon are touched with the heavy-footed bounce of Norwegian folk dance as well as some inner sadness.
From New York Times
In isolation it would have been too fast, and too strict; it missed the Forlane's melancholy poise, the unhurried gentility of the Menuet, the playful push-and-pull of the Rigaudon.
From The Guardian
With Vauchon, we are far from Huysmans, and his succinct, but disagreeable, epigram: C'est un vieux rigaudon qui s'essaie dans le requiem.
From Project Gutenberg
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