tzigane

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Tzigane, a word that refers to Romani people, is now considered derogatory.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Listen to Frances Andrade play Ravel's Tzigane Link to this audio In 1988 she met Levine Andrade, a Mumbai-born violinist and viola player, at a concert at St John's Smith Square in London.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2013

Unquestionably, the star of the Homage was Suzanne Farrell, who was the focus of three ballets: Robbins' Concerto, Jacques d'Amboise's Alborada del Gracioso and Balanchine's Tzigane.

From Time Magazine Archive

He read them both aloud to her: the first amused them a little—not without troubling them a little, too: Monsieur Neeland: It is the Tzigane, Fifi, who permits herself the honour of addressing you.

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge

Somebody played the languorous waltzes of the Tzigane orchestras on the piano.

From Cæsar or Nothing by How, Louis