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● plural in both English and Spanish ​seguidillas​; diminutive of ​seguida​, means "sequence" and
is the name of a dance
● an old Castilian (Spain) folksong and dance form in quick triple time (​3/4​, 3 ​ /2​, 3
​ /8​ and 9
​ /8)
for two people with many regional variations.
○ Castile​ is a historical region of ​Spain​ divided between Old Castile and New Castile
○ The area covers the modern autonomous communities of Cantabria and La Rioja
with eastern Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, and Madrid.
○ Castile's name derives from the Spanish for "land of castles" (​castle​ in Spanish is
castillo​) in reference to the castles built in the area to consolidate the Christian
Reconquest from the Moors
● The music is generally in a major key and often begins on an offbeat.
● The term is also used for a Spanish stanza form with four to seven short, partly ​assonant
lines in a characteristic rhythm.
- Assonance​ is a resemblance in the sounds of words or syllables either between
their vowels (e.g., ​meat, bean​) or between their consonants (e.g., ​keep, cape​)
- However, assonance between consonants is generally called ​consonance​ in
American usage.
- The two types are often combined, as between the words ​six​ and ​switch​, in which the
vowels are identical, and the consonants are similar but not completely identical. If
there is repetition of the same vowel or some similar vowels in literary work,
especially in stressed syllables, this may be termed ​vowel harmony
- A special case of assonance is rhyme, in which the endings of words (generally
beginning with the vowel sound of the last stressed syllable) are identical—as in ​six
and ​mix​ or ​history​ and ​mystery​. Vocalic assonance is an important element in verse
- Assonance occurs more often in verse than in prose; it is used in English-language
poetry and is particularly important in Old French, ​Spanish​, and the Celtic
languages.

Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer ​Georges Bizet​. The libretto was written by
Henri Meilhac​ and ​Ludovic Halévy​, based on a novella of the same title by ​Prosper Mérimée​.
Wikipedia
Written: 1875
Composer: Georges Bizet
Language: French
Characters: Escamillo, Dancaire, Remendado, José, Frasquita, Lillas Pastia, Zuniga, A guide,
Mercédès, Micaëla, Carmen, Moralès
Librettists: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy