villanellan.
/vɪləˈnɛlə/ (See later quots.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Italian
villanellea1586
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saltarello1724
Siciliana1724
Sicilian1728
tarantella1835
sicilienne1883
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > part-song > types of part-song
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Napoletana1938
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke iii. 180 Though many times the dittie be fine enough, yet because it carrieth that name Villanella they take those disallowances as being good enough for plow and cart.
1667 C. Simpson Compend. Pract. Musick 139 Then, Cansonets, Vilanella's, Airs of all sorts; or what else Poetry hath contrived to be set and Sung in Musick. [Hence in R. Holme Armoury (1688) iii. 159/2.]
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Villanella, the air of an old rustic dance, the time of which was gay and brisk, and the measure strongly marked.
1884 W. S. Rockstro in Grove Dict. Music IV. 264 Villanella, an unaccompanied Part-Song, of light rustic character, sharing, in about equal proportions, the characteristics of the Canzonetta, and the Balletta.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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