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Tarantella

noun
1.
Music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella.
2.
A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons.  Synonym: tarantelle.





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"Tarantella" Quotes from Famous Books



... As in clothing, and in the matter of decorations, so different peoples show their dancing characteristics by different traits. This is true of all civilized people as well. Of these, the best known, which I might mention, are the tarantella of the Neapolitans, the bolero and fandango of the Spaniards, the mazurka and cracovienna of Poland, the cosack of Russia, the redowa of Bohemia, the quadrille and cotillion of France, the waltz, polka and gallopade of Germany, the reel ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen • Roger Finlay


Words linked to "Tarantella" :   social dancing, tarantelle, dance music


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