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The loure, also known as the gigue lourée or gigue lente (slow gigue), is a French Baroque dance, probably originating in Normandy and named after the sound of the instrument of the same name (a type of musette). It is of slow or moderate tempo, sometimes in simple triple meter but more often in compound duple meter. The weight is on the first beat, a characteristic emphasised by the preceding anacrusis, which begins the traditional loure. Another feature is the lilting dotted rhythm.

In his Musicalisches Lexicon (Leipzig, 1732), Johann Gottfried Walther wrote that the loure "is slow and ceremonious; the first note of each half-measure is dotted which should be well observed".^[1]

Examples of loures are found in the works of Lully (e.g., Alceste), Rameau (e.g. Les Indes galantes) and of Bach (e.g.: French Suite No. 5 and the Partita No. 3 for violin solo).

References

^ Bach. The French Suites: Embellished version. Barenreiter Urtext

External links

Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major played by Hilary Hahn, at youtube.com
Loure in Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (including pronunciation)
"Loure" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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[1] Bach. The French Suites: Embellished version. Barenreiter Urtext

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+{{Short description|French Baroque dance}}
-{{about|the dance ''loure''|the bowed-instrument technique ''louré''|Playing the violin|the bagpipe ''loure''|Loure (bagpipe)}}
+{{Other uses}}
+The '''loure''', also known as the '''[[gigue]] lourée''' or '''gigue lente (slow gigue)''', is a French [[Baroque dance]], probably originating in [[Normandy]] and named after the sound of the [[loure (bagpipe)|instrument of the same name]] (a type of ''[[musette de cour|musette]]''). It is of slow or moderate tempo, sometimes in simple triple meter but more often in compound duple meter.  The weight is on the first beat, a characteristic emphasised by the preceding [[anacrusis]], which begins the traditional loure. Another feature is the lilting dotted rhythm.
+In his ''Musicalisches Lexicon'' (Leipzig, 1732), [[Johann Gottfried Walther]] wrote that the loure "is slow and ceremonious; the first note of each half-measure is dotted which should be well observed".<ref>Bach. ''The French Suites: Embellished version''. Barenreiter Urtext</ref>
-The '''loure''', also known as the '''[[gigue]] lente''' or '''slow gigue''', is a slow French [[Baroque dance]], probably originating in [[Normandy]] and named after the sound of the instrument of the same name (a type of ''[[musette de cour|musette]]'').
+Examples of loures are found in the works of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully|Lully]] (e.g., ''[[Alceste (Lully)|Alceste]]''), [[Rameau]] (e.g. [[Les Indes galantes]]) and of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] (e.g.: [[French Suites, BWV 812-817|''French Suite'' No. 5]] and the [[Partita for Violin No. 3 (Bach)|Partita No. 3 for violin solo]]).
-The loure is a dance of slow or moderate tempo, sometimes in simple ternary meter, more often in compound binary.  The weight is on the first beat, which is further emphasised by the preceding [[anacrusis]] that begins the traditional loure. One of its features is a lilting dotted rhythm.
-In his Musicalisches Lexicon (Leipzig, 1732), [[Johann Gottfried Walther]] wrote that the loure "is slow and ceremonious; the first note of each half-measure is dotted which should be well observed".<ref>Bach. ''The French Suites: Embellished version''. Barenreiter Urtext</ref>
-Examples of loures are found in the works of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully|Lully]] (e.g., ''[[Alceste (Lully)|Alceste]]'') and of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] (e.g.: [[French Suites, BWV 812-817|''French Suite'' No. 5]]<ref>N. B., however, that in the Bach-Gesellschaft edition of Bach, reprinted by Dover, the Loure is incorrectly called "Bourée II."{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}</ref> and the [[Partita for Violin No. 3 (Bach)|Partita No. 3 for violin solo]]).
 ==References==
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 == External links ==
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQaWbKkATM Bach's Partita No. 3 in E major played by Hilary Hahn], at youtube.com
-*[http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textl/Loure.html Loure in Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (including pronunciation)]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081122164925/http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textl/Loure.html Loure in Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (including pronunciation)]
+*{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Loure|short=x}}
+{{Baroque dance}}
 [[Category:Baroque dance]]
-[[Category:Dances]]
-[[Category:Early dance]]
-[[Category:Historical dance]]
 [[Category:Baroque music]]
 [[Category:Dance forms in classical music]]