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Tarantella

Tarantella Meaning & Definition
Tarantella Definition And Meaning

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

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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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