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Farandole   Listen
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Farandole  n.  A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence. "I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole."





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"Farandole" Quotes from Famous Books



... chansons with which it abounds. The first act opens with a delightful pastoral chorus of the maidens under the mulberry-trees ("Facciam carole, o giovinette"), which is very fresh and graceful. The second begins with an equally delightful chorus and farandole ("La Farandola tutti consola"), followed by the beautiful Provencal folk-song, "Dolce una brezza, intorno olezza," which is full of local color. Tavena sings a quaint fortune-teller's roundelay ("La stagione arriva"), and in the next scene Mireille has a number of rare beauty ...
— The Standard Operas (12th edition) • George P. Upton


Words linked to "Farandole" :   folk dancing


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