Furiant

Furiant
Melody and Esperanto translation of the folksong "Sedlák, sedlák, sedlák"
GenreClassical music, Czech folk music
Time signature3
4
Year19th century
Origin Bohemia
Related dancesSousedská, Polka, Ländler

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 3
4, with off-beat accents that divide their first two measures into three duple units (2
4). 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.

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