Carole
Encyclopedia
Carole is a feminine given name
(see Carl
for more information).
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
(see Carl
Carl (name)
.Carl is a popular given name as well as the name of various places. The most popular male variations are Karl, Charles; the popularity stems from the long lines of historical nobility using these names. There also exist many female variations such as Charlotte and Carla...
for more information).
- A carole (or corola, in Provençal) is a festive song or medieval danceMedieval danceSources for an understanding of dance in Europe in the Middle Ages are limited and fragmentary, being composed of some depictions in paintings and illuminations, a few musical examples of what may be dances, and scattered allusions in literary texts...
, related to the formes fixesFormes fixesA Forme fixé is any one of three fourteenth and fifteenth centuries French poetic forms, the ballade, rondeau and virelai...
of the early Renaissance, and the ancestor of the English carolCarol (music)A carol is a festive song, generally religious but not necessarily connected with church worship, and often with a dance-like or popular character....
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