Lengua y cultura: sobre las definiciones de canario 'baile antiguo originario de las Islas Canarias'

Abstract

The Spanish Academy Dictionary defines canario (canary) in its fourth meaning as •old dance from the Canary Islands• and in the fifth meaning as •sound and music of that dance•. The Academy is right to say, that this dance is old since, nowadays there is no dance in the C.I. or outside the islands with the name of canario. However, during the 16 th. and 17 th. centuries it was a very popular dance in Spain and Europe. We try to gather material and do sorne research on the most important quotations of the canario dance among Hterary, musicology, historiography and lexicographical sources.