Ritournelle Explained

The ritournelle is a 17th-century dance in quick triple time.[1] 'Ritournelle' is the French equivalent of the Italian musical term 'ritornello'[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Category:Ritournelles IMSLP
  2. Grove, George and Fuller-Maitland, John Alexander (1908), Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 4, p.108

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