noun
- Plural of couranto; a lively dance of the 16th and 17th centuries, or the music for such a dance.
Usage: archaic; historical; also spelled 'corantos' or 'corants'
Examples
- The court musicians performed several courantos during the Renaissance festival.
- Baroque composers wrote many courantos for harpsichord and violin.
- Dancers at the royal ball executed the steps of the courantos with grace.
- The collection included sheet music for pavanes and courantos from the 1600s.