FORLANA. An Italian dance, a favourite with the Venetian gondoliers. It is in 6–8 or 6–4 time, but possesses no special characteristics. An example of this dance may be found in J. S. Bach's suite for orchestra in C major. The following quotation of the opening bars of a forlana of the 17th century is from F. L. Schubert's ‘Die Tanzmusik.
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