(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:43:39

Al"le*mande" (#), n. [F., fr. allemand German.]

1. Mus.

A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.

2.

A figure in dancing.

 

© Webster 1913.

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