tarantellan.

/tarənˈtɛlə/

Forms: Also 1800s tarentella, and from French, tarentelle, tarantelle.

Etymology: < Italian tarantella (in French tarentelle, Spanish tarantela), diminutive formation < Taranto the town of Tarentum in southern Italy. Popularly associated with tarantola, tarantula the spider, also a derivative of Taranto. (Etymologically, tarantella might be a further diminutive of tarantula: compare Latin fabula, tabula, fabella, tabella.)

a. A rapid whirling South Italian dance popular with the peasantry since the fifteenth century, when it was supposed to be the sovereign remedy for tarantism.

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Italian dance or dancing > [noun]

Moresco1567

tarantula1698

Siciliana1724

Sicilian1728

tarantella1784

sicilienne1883

Morisca1935

1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Characters 11/2 The Tarantella is a low dance, consisting of turns on the heel, much footing and snapping of the fingers.

1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. xi. 160 He could dance a Tarantalla like a Lazaroni.

1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music vii. 259 According to popular belief, a person bitten by the venomous spider Tarantula can be recovered from the state of nervous disorder which the poison produces, only by dancing the Tarantella until complete exhaustion compels him to desist from the vehement exercise.

1894 Times 3 Mar. 11/2 While the plaintiff was dancing a tarantella with a tambourine her foot slipped, owing, as she alleged, to the negligent stretching of the carpet, or ‘stage cloth’.

b. The music for such a dance, or composed in its rhythm, formerly quadruple, but now always in 6–8 time, with whirling triplets, and abrupt transitions from the major to the minor.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Italian

villanellea1586

villanella1597

saltarello1724

Siciliana1724

Sicilian1728

tarantella1835

sicilienne1883

1835 B. G. Babington tr. J. F. C. Hecker Epidemics Middle Ages ii. 90 The Italians..have retained the Tarantella, as a particular species of music employed for quick lively dancing.

1884 C. F. Woolson in Harper's Mag. Jan. 216/1 A gay Tarantella, which set all the house-maids dancing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tarantella
释义	tarantellan. /tarənˈtɛlə/ Forms: Also 1800s tarentella, and from French, tarentelle, tarantelle. Etymology: < Italian tarantella (in French tarentelle, Spanish tarantela), diminutive formation < Taranto the town of Tarentum in southern Italy. Popularly associated with tarantola, tarantula the spider, also a derivative of Taranto. (Etymologically, tarantella might be a further diminutive of tarantula: compare Latin fabula, tabula, fabella, tabella.) a. A rapid whirling South Italian dance popular with the peasantry since the fifteenth century, when it was supposed to be the sovereign remedy for tarantism. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > Italian dance or dancing > [noun] Moresco1567 tarantula1698 Siciliana1724 Sicilian1728 tarantella1784 sicilienne1883 Morisca1935 1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 Characters 11/2 The Tarantella is a low dance, consisting of turns on the heel, much footing and snapping of the fingers. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby II. iv. xi. 160 He could dance a Tarantalla like a Lazaroni. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Study National Music vii. 259 According to popular belief, a person bitten by the venomous spider Tarantula can be recovered from the state of nervous disorder which the poison produces, only by dancing the Tarantella until complete exhaustion compels him to desist from the vehement exercise. 1894 Times 3 Mar. 11/2 While the plaintiff was dancing a tarantella with a tambourine her foot slipped, owing, as she alleged, to the negligent stretching of the carpet, or ‘stage cloth’. b. The music for such a dance, or composed in its rhythm, formerly quadruple, but now always in 6–8 time, with whirling triplets, and abrupt transitions from the major to the minor. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Italian villanellea1586 villanella1597 saltarello1724 Siciliana1724 Sicilian1728 tarantella1835 sicilienne1883 1835 B. G. Babington tr. J. F. C. Hecker Epidemics Middle Ages ii. 90 The Italians..have retained the Tarantella, as a particular species of music employed for quick lively dancing. 1884 C. F. Woolson in Harper's Mag. Jan. 216/1 A gay Tarantella, which set all the house-maids dancing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1784
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