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Definition of Rigadoon

Rigadoon
Rigadoon Rig`a*doon", n. [F. rigadon, rigaudon.] A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France. --W. Irving. Whose dancing dogs in rigadoons excel. --Wolcott.

Meaning of Rigadoon from wikipedia

- (French: [ʁiɡodɔ̃, ʁiɡɔdɔ̃], Occitan: [riɣawˈðu]), anglicized as rigadon or rigadoon, is a French baroque dance with a lively duple metre. The music is similar...
- Rigadoon (French: Rigodon) is a novel by the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline, published posthumously in 1969. The story is based on Céline's escape...
- Should Know" (Séan McCann) 2:59 "Jolly Roving Tar" (Traditional) 2:59 "Rigadoon" (Sometimes referred to as "Little Beggarman" or "Jolly Beggar Dude") (Alan...
- Paul Brizzi and Gaëtan Brizzi, along with Céline's other novels North and Rigadoon. "National Book Awards – 1970". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-11...
- "The Bird of Warning" 1963 Ben Casey Greta Bauer Season 2 Episode 22: "Rigadoon for Three Pianos" Stoney Burke Eileen Fowler Season 1 Episode 22: "To Catch...
- (1957, tr Castle to Castle), Nord (1960, tr North) and Rigodon (1969, tr Rigadoon). In November 1945 the new French government applied for Céline's extradition...
- experiences; it was preceded by Castle to Castle from 1957, and followed by Rigadoon, published posthumously in 1969. It was the last book Céline published...
- should be replaced by essentially European dances such as the quadrille and rigadoon." Apparently, the danzón, which later became an insipid dance for older...
- Waiting (Gavotte) (5:05) The Cardinal's Coach (Estampie) (4:45) Cannonballs (Rigadoon) (3:29) M'Lady DeWinter (Lament) (4:16) The Fourth Musketeer (Concert Royaux)...
- Feuillet's dance notation for a rigadoon by Isaac, first published in Orchesography or the Art of Dancing ... an Exact and Just Translation from the French...