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TIRANAS AND TONADILLES

Volume 21 · 72 words · 1842 Edition

Spanish) are Spanish national melodies in time, and of a moderate movement, sung with an accompaniment for the guitar only. The Spanish dance-tunes, such as the Fandango, the Bolero, and the Seguidillas, formerly much in vogue in Spain, were played on the guitar, often accompanied by the voice, and by castanets. The Bolero, a modification of the Seguidillas, is said to have derived its name from a dancing-master of Murcia, named Bolero.