a Spanish dance in triple time to a lively tune, accompanied by guitar and castanets, with violin and other instruments ad lib. I t seems to have been introduced into Spain from South America, and is first mentioned in an anonymous entremes, * El novio de la aldeana ‘ (A village maiden’s lover), at the beginning of the 18th century. The original words are a grotesque parody of a serenade. The fandango in 4 Figaro * is taken from Gluck’s ballet ‘ Don Juan,’ and resembles the Basque form. (I t is printed as an appendix to Jahn’s Mozart.) The Southern Spanish type is different, and has given rise to many modern popular songs and dances (e.g. 4 Granadinas,’ ‘ Malagueiias,’ 4 Murcianas,’ 4 Rondenas,’ etc.) ending on the dominant, to which the accompaniment descends by a semitone, with the cadence a-g-f-e. J . b . t .