furiant
Sign in to saveA furiant is a Bohemian folk dance characterized by its rapid tempo and usage of irregular changing rhythms, hemiolas and syncopation. Furiants are usually written in the time signature , with off-beat accents that divide their first two measures into three duple units (). The furiant is danced in pairs. The dance became very popular in Bohemia during the 19th century, and many Czech composers such as Antonín Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana wrote furiants in their compositions.
Key facts
- Dance.name
- Furiant
- Dance.image
- Sedlak, Sedlak from Kantareto.jpg
- Dance.caption
- Melody and Esperanto translation of the folksong "Sedlák, sedlák, sedlák"
- Dance.genre
- Classical music, Czech folk music
- Dance.year
- 19th century
- Dance.related_dances
- Sousedská, Polka, Ländler
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12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- In folk music
- Cultural heritage and origin
- In classical music
- In Smetana's ''The Bartered Bride''
- In Dvořák's ''Slavonic Dances''
- In Smetana's ''Czech Dances''
- In other works
- Footnotes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
A furiant is a Bohemian folk dance characterized by its rapid tempo and usage of irregular changing rhythms, hemiolas and syncopation. Furiants are usually written in the time signature , with off-beat accents that divide their first two measures into three duple units (). The furiant is danced in pairs. The dance became very popular in Bohemia during the 19th century, and many Czech composers such as Antonín Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana wrote furiants in their compositions.
== Etymology == thumb|Drawing of Peasants proceeding to their work by Václav Brožík, (1851–1901).