rigaudon

rigaudon (plural rigaudons)

1. Alternative form of rigadoon
   • 2008 January 19, Alastair Macaulay, “Four Distinct Dream Worlds, Sharing the Same Language of Classical Ballet”, in New York Times‎:

     Though each section of Ravel’s music honors the memory of a friend who died in World War I, and though each is also a Neo-Classical study in a different Baroque dance form (forlane, rigaudon, minuet and others), what’s striking about the music is its freshness and fragrance.

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