seguidilla
Americannoun
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Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
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a Spanish dance in triple meter for two persons.
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the music for this dance.
noun
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a Spanish dance in a fast triple rhythm
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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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prosody a stanzaic form consisting of four to seven lines and marked by a characteristic rhythm
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Etymology
Origin of seguidilla
1755–65; < Spanish, equivalent to seguid ( a ) sequence ( segui- (stem of seguir ≪ Latin sequī to follow) + -da < Latin -ta feminine past participle suffix) + -illa diminutive suffix
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There were romances and the early, original forms of all those Spanish dances that went on to pervade Europe and the world at large, such as the fandango and seguidilla.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
It is the seguidilla to our blessed Lord, written by the daughter of Lope de Vega—the holy Marcela Carpio.
From Remember the Alamo by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Whether the little seguidilla meant any thing in the lips of the songstress, I do not presume to say.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various
Is it Don Sombrero, who is singing an Andalusian seguidilla under the window of the Flemish burgomaster's daughter?
From Little Travels and Roadside Sketches by Thackeray, William Makepeace
There is a seguidilla I hear everywhere," said the doctor; "and I never hear it without feeling the better for listening.
From Remember the Alamo by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Falla's score is a gem, and the orchestra zipped through its fandangos, seguidillas and final jota in solid but sparkling style.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2013
The man threw back the folds of his cloak, brought his guitar forward, and began that monotonous thrumming which serves as accompaniment to serenades and seguidillas.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
The organ pours forth, from that time until the termination of the service, an uninterrupted succession of airs, called seguidillas, from the dance to which they are adapted.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Wells, Nathaniel Armstrong
Loaysa finally played them several seguidillas, and so put the climax to his success, that they all eagerly begged the negro to tell them who was this marvellous musician.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Thus, in Germany, many of the folk-songs are waltzes; in Spain, seguidillas; and in Italy, tarantellas.
From The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
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