On the Dumont, Faythe Vollrath subtly varied the tempo and rhythm of the 1728 Allemande to create a line that sounded like breathing, and Jake Street explored the stop-start comedy of the pecking chicken in "La Poule" (1728).
WSJ: Restoration Hardware | By Heidi Waleson
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allemande:
Borrowing from French allemande ?(“German (dance)”).