‖ rigaudon
(rigodɔ̃)
[Fr., of obscure origin: see rigadoon n.]
= rigadoon n.
| 1706 [see note in small type below rigadoon n.]. 1923 E. Sitwell Bucolic Comedies 26 Dancing with angels all in a round, Hornpipe and rigaudon on the Fair's ground. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Mus. 801/2 The rigaudon was gay and lively until its promotion from the village green to the aristocratic ball-room and the court, when it took on dignity. 1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 549/2 Rigaudon.., a Proven{cced}al dance in lively 2/2 time which was adopted into the suite and into the ballet of French opera in the late 17th cent. 1970 W. Apel Harvard Dict. Mus. (ed. 2) 734/1 The rigaudon also occurs in the suites of modern composers (Grieg, From Holberg's Time; Ravel, le Tombeau de Couperin). 1979 Early Music Jan. 40/1 The French use this (2-)metre in various dances such as..rigaudons, gavottes, rondeaus, [etc.]. |