| Title: | Allemande |
| Original Title: | Allemande |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 1 (1751), p. 282 |
| Author: | Jean-Jacques Rousseau (biography) |
| Translator: | Sonja Boon [Memorial University of Newfoundland] |
| Subject terms: |
Music
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| Citation (MLA): | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Allemande." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Sonja Boon. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.607>. Trans. of "Allemande," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Allemande." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Sonja Boon. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.607 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Allemande," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:282 (Paris, 1751). |
The Allemande is a type of musical piece which is counted in four and which has a slow tempo. From its name, it appears that this type of air has come to us from Germany; it has, however, become archaic, and musicians make very little use of it today; those who do use it give it a faster tempo. The Allemande is also a common dance type in Switzerland and in Germany; the character of this dance must be very gay and it is counted in two.