Tarantella (disambiguation)
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The tarantella
is a traditional southern Italian
dance.
Tarantella may also refer to:
Tarantella
The term tarantella groups a number of different southern Italian couple folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time , accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized of traditional Italian music. The specific dance name varies with every region, for instance...
is a traditional southern Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
dance.
Tarantella may also refer to:
- Tarantella (ballet)Tarantella (ballet)Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Louis Moreau Gottschalk's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 67 , reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay...
, a 1964 ballet by George Balanchine - Tarantella (character)Tarantella (Character)Tarantella Serpentine is a character in The Illuminatus! trilogy.She is an Illuminati-trained prostitute who sleeps with George Dorn at Robert Putney Drake's estate. Her character is meant to reflect the common belief that the Illuminati know arcane sexual techniques not otherwise mentioned in the...
, a character in The Illuminatus! Trilogy - Tarantella, Inc.Tarantella, Inc.Santa Cruz Operation was a software company based in Santa Cruz, California which was best known for selling three Unix variants for Intel x86 processors: Xenix, SCO UNIX , and UnixWare. Eric Raymond, in his book The Art of Unix Programming, calls SCO the "first Unix company"...
, a software company