furiantn.
/ˈfʊərɪənt//ˈfjʊərɪənt/ Music.
A type of Bohemian dance, or its music, in quick triple time with frequently-shifting accents.
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1881 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 614/2 Bohemia is preeminently rich in dances (such as the beseda, dudik, furiant, [etc.]).
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 554/1 The fiddlers who scraped out their ‘furiants’ and other wild dances.
1943 Times 11 Nov. 6/5 The ballet,..with Miss Sasha Machov to teach them the authentic style in polka and furiant.
1967 Listener 13 Apr. 505/2 An example of just that sort of thing is Dvořák's Czech Suite of 1879. Its five movements include a polka, a bucolic minuet, and a furiant finale.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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