Furiant

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A Furiant is a rapid and fiery Bohemian dance in alternating 2/4 and 3/4 time, with frequently shifting accents; or, in "art music", in 3/4 time "with strong accents forming pairs of beats".[1]

The stylised form of the dance was often used by Czech composers such as Antonín Dvořák in the eighth dance from his Slavonic Dances and in his 6th Symphony,[2] and by Bedřich Smetana in The Bartered Bride and in Czech Dances. The use of the furiant by central European composers closely parallels their use of the Dumka (dumky), a dance which often precedes the furiant.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Randel, D. M., Ed., The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, Harvard University Press, 1986.
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References

Vrkočová, Ludmila: Slovníček základních hudebních pojmů. 2005. ISBN 80-901611-3-8

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