Saltarello

His list of compositions for orchestra is also very large, and includes such popular pieces as the "Saltarello," "Funeral March of a Marionette," and the Meditation, based on Bach's First Prelude, which is accompanied by a soprano solo.

The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876

Another good example of medieval sounding music is Saltarello by Dead Can Dance, which I believe is a performance of an actual medieval song.

Meet GRRM and (maybe) cast and crew 2009

The most memorable words preceded “Saltarello,” when he informed us, “This next number went all the way to number one – in 1416.”

Dead Can Dance Tour 2005 | Seattle Metblogs 2005

And now the crowd, surging excitedly round the car, gives vent to its feelings in wild cries of joy, gentle and simple being mixed up together and all dancing furiously the Saltarello.

Chapter 28. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit. § 2. Burying the Carnival 1922

And now the crowd, surging excitedly round the car, gives vent to its feelings in wild cries of joy, gentle and simple being mixed up together and all dancing furiously the Saltarello.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

These pillars were perhaps needed to break the long line of the relief: but they have no such significance, as, for instance, the row of pillars on the Saltarello tomb, [143] behind which the Bishop's effigy lies -- a barrier between the living and the dead, across which the attendant angels can drop the curtain.

Donatello, by Lord Balcarres David Lindsay Crawford 1905

The company of 'men of hair,' calling themselves 'Saltiers,' may derive their name from the dance, 'Saltarello.'

Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900

And now the crowd, surging excitedly round the car, gives vent to its feelings in wild cries of joy, gentle and simple being mixed up together and all dancing furiously the _Saltarello.

The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

Where the maidens dance the _Saltarello_ under the deep Sardinian forests, and the honey and the grapes are gathered beneath the snowy sides of Etna, and the oxen walk up to their loins in flowing grass where the long aisles of pines grow down the Adrian shore, this wood-magic is known still of the old simple charm of the pastoral life.

Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

But the beautiful show of the evening was the Trasteverini dancing the Saltarello in their most beautiful costume.

Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli Ossoli, Margaret F 1851