Category:Tarantella

Tar`an*tel"la, n. Etym: [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.