siciliana
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History and notable examples
- Baroque era
- Classical era
- Romantic era
- 20th–21st centuries
- Notes
thumb|350px|Siciliana rhythms.
The siciliana or siciliano (also known as sicilienne or ciciliano) is a musical style or genre often included as a movement within larger pieces of music starting in the Baroque period. It is in a slow or time with lilting rhythms, making it somewhat resemble a slow jig or tarantella, and is usually in a minor key. It was used for arias in Baroque operas, and often appears as a movement in instrumental works. Loosely associated with Sicily, the siciliana evokes a pastoral mood, and is often characterized by dotted rhythms that can distinguish it within the broader musical genre of the pastorale.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “siciliana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.