Definition of Tarantelle

1. Noun. A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons.

Exact synonyms: Tarantella
Generic synonyms: Social Dancing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarantelle

taramasalata
taramellite
taramite
taramosalata
taranabant
taranakite
tarand
tarands
taranis
tarantas
tarantases
tarantella
tarantellas
tarantelle (current term)
tarantism
tarantisms
tarantist
tarantists
tarantula
tarantulae
tarantulas
tarantulated
tarapacaite
taras
tarasque
tarasques
taratantara
taraxacin

Literary usage of Tarantelle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"... on the lowest note in each hand at the same time. Give breadth and dignity to the work, and let the melody ring out with convincing effect. tarantelle— ..."

2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"tarantelle—HELLER ["World's Best Music!' Vol. IV, p. 1089.] Although Stephen Heller's name is German, he was a Hungarian by birth (Buda-Pesth, May 15, ..."

3. Stories of Standard Teaching Pieces: Containing Educational Notes and by Edward Baxter Perry (1910)
"... of the tarantelle. HIS fierce, fiery, and exceedingly rapid dance, indigenous to southern Spain and Italy, but now cultivated and popular in all lands, ..."

4. Complete Musical Analysis: A System Designed to Cultivate the Art of by Alfred John Goodrich (1889)
"2 and 3. Maas, tarantelle, Op. 10. Van Lacr, tarantelle, Op. 3. ... Baetens, tarantelle in C. Woolf, tarantelle, Op. in, No. i. Poznanski, tarantelle. ..."

5. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"The miracle of the tarantelle. The tarantelle is the symbol of Nora. Its wild, unresting movement is the tragedy of her nature—light and frivolous on the ..."

6. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"The miracle of the tarantelle. The tarantelle is the symbol of Nora. Its wild, unresting movement is the tragedy of her nature—light and frivolous on the ..."

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