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What is a saltarello?

What is a saltarello? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A lively medieval Italian dance with a leaping step.
  2. The music for such a dance.
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But the beautiful show of the evening was the Trasteverini dancing the saltarello in their most brilliant costume.
In the 16th century the saltarello was absorbed into and replaced by the galliard.
In the distance, a saltarello has started up, and soon the air is alive with pounding rhythms and bright colours.
In The Gondoliers, there are the Spanish cachucha, the Italian saltarello and tarantella, and the Venetian barcarolle.
From the exuberance of the first measures to the last movement's saltarello, you'll find it hard to just sit quietly in the dark.
We felt like dancing a saltarello, and perhaps might have done so if we had been in less princely presences.

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