Tzigane
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Tzigane
First recorded in 1880–85; from French tzigane, probably from Hungarian cigány, akin to German Zigeuner, Romanian ţigan, Serbo-Croatian cȉganin, Bulgarian tsíganin, all ultimately from Medieval Greek (a)tsínganos, earlier athínganos member of a heretical sect of Phrygia, perhaps literally, “untouchable, inviolable” ( Greek a- “not, without” + -thinganos, derivative of thingánein “to touch”); zingaro
Example Sentences
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For his debut, Ushikubo will perform four maximalist Romantic pieces: Tomaso Antonio Vitali’s “Chaconne in G minor,” Nathan Milstein’s “Paganiniana,” Ernest Chausson’s “Poème” and Maurice Ravels’ “Tzigane.”
From Los Angeles Times
The ballet, originally known as “Tzigane” after its score by Maurice Ravel, was revived this season with a staging by Suzanne Farrell and a new name, “Errante,” or wandering.
From New York Times
Tzigane, a word that refers to Romani people, is now considered derogatory.
From New York Times
Other soloists included the saxophonist Steven Banks, who radiated mellow glamour in the long lines of a Glazunov concerto; the violinist Augustin Hadelich, who dug into the raw strangeness of Ravel’s “Tzigane” and drew out the warm midrange of his Guarneri violin in a relative rarity by Boulogne; and the violinist Joshua Bell, who played pieces by Florence Price and Henri Vieuxtemps in a concert I missed led by Jonathon Heyward, who will become the first Black music director of the Baltimore Symphony in 2023.
From New York Times
In “Tzigane,” Kopatchinskaja reached a point of frenzy in which she appeared to want to lose herself entirely, and she is a great enough violinist that she can.
From Los Angeles Times
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