What is allemande?
As one of the permanent popular dances of the Baroque genre, allemande is often offered as a standard part of the music suite. While soon on Allemande served as an overture to the apartment, the dance is usually included in the first movement today. Here are some information about the history of Allemande, as well as some of the functions that make Allemande unique in the world of Baroque dance.
Allemande's beginnings can be traced back to the Renaissance of the 16th century. In fact, the name Allemande is based on the French word for "German" and points to the fact that dance is partly based on elements of popular German dances. Allemande introduced a moderated pace along with the double metro and was a living representation and quickly caught the attention of dancers and composers.
Early instructions for Allemande are still in the form of dance manuals printed in French. There are also several British Dance Manuals containing details concerning the right way of dance allemande from the same era.However, the exact origin of this Baroque dance style is now lost. There is no documentation that proves in what area France was first conceived and danced, nor who created dance movements.
during the 17th century, experimenting with Allemande, which changed the basic structure of dance. Instead of a double meter, a four -time meter was used. In addition, the overall pace of movement was increased. Most improvements were created to adapt to similar changes in music compositions.
It is worth noting that no less than Bach and Froberger in Germany composed Allemandes, which was aimed at using the keyboard instruments, while Italian and English composers focused on stringed instruments. ENGLISH Composers also experimented with the tripe meter on Allemande and also worked with the concept of a four -time meter.
Modern allemande has retained in most casesFaster pace and quadrice meter. In addition, allemande today has no syncoping, relying on a series of motivational and tonal contrasts of the movement that Allemande gives a sense of excitement that sometimes missing in recurring instrumental tanks.
Today, Allemande remains a popular part of French culture, which enjoys during many state festivals and holidays and is often part of personal celebrations such as a dance selection at a wedding reception. Allemande will certainly be popular with such loyal monitoring in France and abroad.