A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Anglaise

by Ebenezer Prout

ANGLAISE. The English country-dance (contredanse), of lively character, sometimes in 2-4, but sometimes also in 3-4 or 3-8 time. It closely resembles the Ecossaise (q. v.), and most probably took its origin from the older form of the French Rigaudon.

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