tarantella

tar·an·tel·la

T0045800 (tăr′ən-tĕl′ə)n.1. A lively, whirling southern Italian dance in 6/8 time, once thought to be a remedy for tarantism.2. The music for this dance.

[Italian, after Taranto.]

tarantella

(ˌtærənˈtɛlə) n1. (Dancing) a peasant dance from S Italy2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, in fast six-eight time[C18: from Italian, from Taranto Taranto; associated with tarantism]

tar•an•tel•la

(ˌtær ənˈtɛl ə)

n., pl. -las. 1. a rapid, whirling dance of S Italy in 6/8 time. 2. music in the rhythm of a tarantella. [1775–85; < Italian, =Tarant(o) Taranto + -ella -elle]

tarantella

Believed to have originated in the Italian town of Taranto in southern Italy, it is a swift. whirling dance executed by two people to music in 6/8 time.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tarantella - music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantelladance music - music to dance to
	2.	tarantella - a lively whirling Italian dance for two personstarantellesocial dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion

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tarantella

(târ`əntĕl`ə), Neapolitan folk dance that first appeared in Taranto, Italy, in the 17th cent. It had rapid 6–8 meter with an increasing tempo and was thought to cure the bite of the tarantulatarantula
, name applied chiefly to species of the large, hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae of North and South America, Africa, S and SE Asia, and Australia. The body of a tarantula, in the case of the largest, the Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi
..... Click the link for more information. (Lycosa tarantula, a wolf spider), which supposedly caused the disease tarantism. Chopin, Liszt, Weber, and others used the dance in the form of a perpetuum mobile.

Tarantella

an Italian folk dance. Written in 6/8 or 3/8 time, the tarantella is characterized by extended triplets and a very fast tempo. The dance is accompanied by guitar, tambourine, castanets (in Sicily), and occasionally singing. Vocal and instrumental music has been written in the form of the tarantella by G. Rossini, F. Liszt, F. Chopin, M. I. Glinka, A. S. Dargomyzhskii, Tchaikovsky, and S. S. Prokofiev. Many of these pieces are intended for virtuoso performances.

tarantella

1. a peasant dance from S Italy 2. a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, in fast six-eight time

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noun music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella

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noun a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons

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