contre-dansen.

Forms: Also contra-dance, contre-dance.

Etymology: after French contre-danse , Italian contraddanza , Spanish contradanza , all corruptions of the English word country dance n., by the conversion of its first element into the French contre, Italian contra, Spanish contra against, opposite.

1. A country dance n.; esp. a French country-dance. The English country-dance was introduced into France during the Regency 1715–23, and thence passed into Italy and Spain; cf. Littré, at Contre-danse², and Venuti, Scoperte di Ercolano (Rome 1748) 114 ‘I canti, i balli..che a noi sono pervenuti con vocabolo Inglese di contraddanze, Country Dances, quasi invenzione degli Inglesi contadini’. The arrangement of the partners in a country-dance in two opposite lines of indefinite length easily suggested the alteration of country into contre-, contra- opposite. Littré's theory, that there was already in 17th cent. a French contre-danse with which the English word was confused and ran together, is not tenable; no trace of the name has been found in French before its appearance as an adaptation of the English. But new dances of this type were subsequently brought out in France, and introduced into England with the French-influenced form of the name, which led some English-speakers to believe that the French was the original and correct form, and the English a corruption of it. Thus a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine 1758, p. 174 said, ‘As our dances in general come from France, so does the country-dance, which is a manifest corruption of the French contre-danse, where a number of persons placing themselves opposite one to another, begin a figure’. Partly under the influence of this belief as to the etymology, partly as a mere retention of the French form, contra-dance, contre-dance have been used, and contre-danse continued in use, esp. for a French or foreign dance of this type.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun]

country dance?1577

country dancing1655

contre-danse1803

1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition i. 14 So fam'd Aldini, erst in France, Led dead folks down a contra dance.

1830 ‘Juan de Vega’ Jrnl. Tour (1847) xix. 135 After we had danced two or three quadrilles, a contre dance was proposed.

1844 W. H. Maxwell Scotl. (1855) I. 27 I had gone down a contra danse.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 94 If Mademoiselle permit the contre-danse.

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie II. xiii. 230 All the ricks in the yard were bobbing about, as if amusing themselves with a slow contradance.

2. A piece of music written for such a dance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance

country dance?1577

set1836

gypsy dance1839

contre-danse1880

folk-dance1909

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 396/2 Beethoven has written twelve contredanses for orchestra, from one of which he developed the finale of his ‘Eroica’ symphony.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	contre-danse
释义	contre-dansen. Forms: Also contra-dance, contre-dance. Etymology: after French contre-danse , Italian contraddanza , Spanish contradanza , all corruptions of the English word country dance n., by the conversion of its first element into the French contre, Italian contra, Spanish contra against, opposite. 1. A country dance n.; esp. a French country-dance. The English country-dance was introduced into France during the Regency 1715–23, and thence passed into Italy and Spain; cf. Littré, at Contre-danse², and Venuti, Scoperte di Ercolano (Rome 1748) 114 ‘I canti, i balli..che a noi sono pervenuti con vocabolo Inglese di contraddanze, Country Dances, quasi invenzione degli Inglesi contadini’. The arrangement of the partners in a country-dance in two opposite lines of indefinite length easily suggested the alteration of country into contre-, contra- opposite. Littré's theory, that there was already in 17th cent. a French contre-danse with which the English word was confused and ran together, is not tenable; no trace of the name has been found in French before its appearance as an adaptation of the English. But new dances of this type were subsequently brought out in France, and introduced into England with the French-influenced form of the name, which led some English-speakers to believe that the French was the original and correct form, and the English a corruption of it. Thus a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine 1758, p. 174 said, ‘As our dances in general come from France, so does the country-dance, which is a manifest corruption of the French contre-danse, where a number of persons placing themselves opposite one to another, begin a figure’. Partly under the influence of this belief as to the etymology, partly as a mere retention of the French form, contra-dance, contre-dance have been used, and contre-danse continued in use, esp. for a French or foreign dance of this type. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] country dance?1577 country dancing1655 contre-danse1803 1803 T. G. Fessenden Poet. Petition i. 14 So fam'd Aldini, erst in France, Led dead folks down a contra dance. 1830 ‘Juan de Vega’ Jrnl. Tour (1847) xix. 135 After we had danced two or three quadrilles, a contre dance was proposed. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Scotl. (1855) I. 27 I had gone down a contra danse. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 94 If Mademoiselle permit the contre-danse. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie II. xiii. 230 All the ricks in the yard were bobbing about, as if amusing themselves with a slow contradance. 2. A piece of music written for such a dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance country dance?1577 set1836 gypsy dance1839 contre-danse1880 folk-dance1909 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 396/2 Beethoven has written twelve contredanses for orchestra, from one of which he developed the finale of his ‘Eroica’ symphony. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1803
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