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

Glazunof's Third Symphony; Rachmaninof's capriccio "Tzigane"; and Scriabin's Pianoforte Concerto with the composer as soloist, given by the Russian Symphony Orchestra, in New York City. 1906-7.

From Annals of Music in America A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events by Lahee, Henry Charles

The booming of the Tzigane band was no longer heard—only the horses' muffled footfalls and the intermittent chromatic drone of hidden distant tram-cars.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James