seguidilla

se·gui·dil·la

(sĕg′ə-dē′yə, -dēl′yə, sā′gə-, sĕ′gē-thē′lyä)

1. A Spanish stanza form of four or seven lines.

a. A lively Spanish dance in triple meter.

b. The music for this dance.

[Spanish, diminutive of seguida, sequence, from feminine past participle of seguir, to follow, from Vulgar Latin *sequere, from Latin sequī; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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seguidilla

(ˌsɛɡɪˈdiːljə)

1. (Dancing) a Spanish dance in a fast triple rhythm

2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

3. (Poetry) prosody a stanzaic form consisting of four to seven lines and marked by a characteristic rhythm

[Spanish: a little dance, from seguida a dance, from seguir to follow, from Latin sequī]

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se•gui•dil•la

(ˌseɪ gəˈdil yə, -ˈdi yə, ˌsɛg ə-; Sp. ˌsɛ giˈði lyɑ)

n., pl. -dil•las (-ˈdil yəz, -ˈdi yəz; Sp. -ˈði lyɑs)

1. a Spanish dance in triple meter for two persons.

2. the music for this dance.

3. a stanza of four to seven lines of verse with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.

[1755–65; < Sp, =seguid(a) sequence (segui- (s. of seguir « Latin sequī to follow) + -da < Latin -ta feminine past participle suffix) + -illa diminutive suffix]

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His age might have been eighteen or nineteen; he was of a merry countenance, and to all appearance of an active habit, and he went along singing seguidillas to beguile the wearisomeness of the road.

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Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas, Manuel de Falla ("El Pano Moruno," "Seguidilla Murciana," "Asturiana," "Jota," "Nana," "Cancion," "Polo")

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Composed in the same year as Carmen it began the long love affair of French composers for Spanish music, to which Ravel made a significant contribution, and the dance rhythms of the habanera, malageuena and seguidilla are the weft weaved ingeniously with a Germanic-sounding symphonic warp.

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Particularly outstanding were her interpretations of Habanera and Seguidilla, from Bizet's opera Carmen, a role to which she is undoubtedly suited, and Time To Say Goodbye which also feature on her best seller.

Katherine wows a packed Town Hall

Giles Bravery made the trip from Newmarket to see his disappointing filly Seguidilla fail again in the St James Security Median Auction Maiden Stakes.

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Queen Mary-seventh Seguidilla, who started at 4-11 in the juvenile maiden but finished only fourth

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The opera includes some of the most evocative and best-loved melodies in classical music --The Habanera, The Seguidilla, The Flower Song and the best-known baritone chorus The Toreador's Song.

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In another contrast, she is about to take on her first staged `Carmen.' She has done the role in concert (with the Berlin Philharmonic, among others), and she sang the Seguidilla as an encore in her March recital.