saltarello
Americannoun
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a lively Italian dance for one person or a couple.
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the music for it.
noun
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a traditional Italian dance, usually in compound duple time
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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of saltarello
1590–1600; < Italian, derivative of saltare to dance; see saltant
Example Sentences
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The real star among the players, though, was Wayne Hankin, who played flutes — two at a time, in an anonymous Italian saltarello — reeds and the bagpipelike musette.
From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2011
These he applied with more zeal than precision, just as an American composer might indiscriminately swap a Sicilian tarantella for a Romagnan saltarello.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2010
The "Italian" Symphony explodes in a burst of melody, its irresistible opening theme a shout of joy, its finale a whirling saltarello.
From Time Magazine Archive
We felt like dancing a saltarello, and perhaps might have done so if we had been in less princely presences.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
How I wish I could see them dance the saltarello again!
From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
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