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rigaudon

American  
[ree-goh-dawn] / ri goʊˈdɔ̃ /

noun

plural

rigaudons

  1. rigadoon.

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With Vauchon, we are far from Huysmans, and his succinct, but disagreeable, epigram: C'est un vieux rigaudon qui s'essaie dans le requiem.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

For him Puvis tries to dance a rigaudon at a Requiem mass!

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

Riemann, 93. rigaudon, 75; examples of, from Grieg, Rameau and MacDowell, 79, 81.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

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