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‖ saltarello|sæltəˈrɛləʊ|
Also salterello, -ella, -arella. Pl. saltarelli, -ellos.
[It. salterello cracker, squib, jack of a spinet, animated dance, Sp. saltarelo; related to It. saltare, Sp. saltar to leap, dance.]
1. A very animated Italian and Spanish dance for one couple in which there are numerous sudden skips or jumps. Also, the music for this, or a movement resembling it in a musical composition.
[1597Morley Introd. Mus. iii. 181 The Italians make their galliardes (which they tearme saltarelli) plaine, and frame ditties to them.] 1724Short Explic. For. Wds. in Mus. Bks., Saltarella, a particular kind of Jig so called. 1833Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life (1879) I. ix. 378 A merry party of the inhabitants, who..danced the saltarello in every variety. 1873‘Ouida’ Pascarel II. 175 The salterello and the stornello were all the gayer and the sweeter on his mandoline. 1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 383/2 Saltarelli are frequently found as movements or separate pieces in harpsichord and pianoforte music. 1890Daily News 17 Feb. 3/2 The finale..including a saltarello, is more or less Mendelssohnian. 1928E. Canziani Through Apennines & Lands of Abruzzi iv. 55 At Mascione, when the saltarella is danced, if lovers quarrel, the man or the woman kneels and asks, ‘Cosa hai fatto?’ 1968Listener 22 Aug. 249/3 The orchestra takes over from the voices and provides what might be regarded as a cue for dancing—as in the saltarello episode (in ‘Sloth’). 1976Early Music Oct. 457/1 Two of them are included on the Telefunken record already mentioned: the third of the manuscript's four saltarellos and ‘Chominciamento di gioia’. 1980Ibid. July 406/3 Apart from some isolated examples which have appeared in various anthologies, including some of the saltarelli and the popular Lamento di tristano, transcriptions have been restricted to scholarly editions.
2. The jack of a spinet or harpischord.
1598[see Jack n.1 14]. 1882Ogilvie, Saltarello,..a harpsichord jack, so called because it jumps on the key being struck. |