About The Word Tarantella
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Tarantella
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What's The Definition Of Tarantella?
[n] a lively whirling Italian dance for two persons
[n] music composed in six-eight time for dancing the tarantella Synonyms | Synonyms for Tarantella: tarantelle Related Terms | Find terms related to Tarantella: See Also | ballroom music | dance music | danceroom music | social dancing Tarantella In Webster's Dictionary \Tar`an*tel"la\, n. [It.] (Mus.)
(a) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8
time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from
a popular notion of its being a remedy against the
poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name
from Taranto in Apulia.
(b) Music suited to such a dance.
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