Spanish Dance No. 8: Asturiana

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• The Principality of Asturias is a region in Spain.
• This piece has also been published as “Sardana.” Sardana is a circle dance in 6/8. It is the national dance of Catalonia.¹

1. Harvard Dictionary of Music, 4^th ed., s.v. “Sardana” (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003).