{"id":3058,"date":"2011-05-14T12:11:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T10:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2017-08-18T19:35:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:35:54","slug":"the-tarantella-a-famous-italian-folk-dance-tune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3058","title":{"rendered":"The Tarantella &#8211; A Famous Italian Folk Dance Tune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago I have discovered a site with a collection of free sheet music for the fisarmonca &#8211; the accordeon. Its mainly a collection of Italian tunes, folk songs, folk dances and also some opera melodies. When I visited this site again I looked at some <strong>Tarantellas <\/strong>and decided to write a post about this famous Italian dance that is very often played on the mandolin.<\/p>\n<p>The Tarantella is one of the important and well known Italian folk dances. Especially the Tarantella from Napoli is famous. This tarantella is also known as the Wedding Tarantella. With the abc tune search you can find this and other traditional tarantellas from different regions in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>There are still some tsypical Italian folk groups who pay the tarantella with mandolin, accordeon, tambourine, guitar and fiddle. And very often two or three dancers dance with the music like in the first video of my playlist below.<\/p>\n<p>A tarantella well known to the guitar players is the tarantella by <strong>Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco<\/strong>. Roman Gurochkin has made this great video with the guitarist <strong>Asva Selvutina<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">&#8220;Tarantella&#8221; Mario Castelnuovo &#8211; Tedesco, Asya Selyutina (classical guitar)<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Tarantella&quot; Mario Castelnuovo - Tedesco, Asya Selyutina (classical guitar)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z3msHlzEXkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Many videos at yoputube show performances of folk dance groups &#8211; but very often the music used is not the best. The tarantella as a dance is also used in theatre and ballet. A great example is this tarantella from the ballet <strong>Napoli <\/strong>by Danish composer\u00a0 <strong>Bournonville<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h4>Bournonville: Tarantella Napoli<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bournonville: Tarantella Napoli\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/12QISnvFlk0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Playlist Tarantella<\/h4>\n<p>In this playlist I have collected many tarantellas including folk dace, folk ensembles, versions for mandolin, mandolin and guitar, guitar, accordeon and orchestra. Enjoy the Italian tarantella!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tarantella\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLF6AF870CA5D85B64\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<p>Wikipedia about the tarantella (German): <a href=\"http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarantella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarantella<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia about the tarantella (English.): <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarantella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tarantella<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wikipedia about the ballet Napoli: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoli_%28ballet%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoli_%28ballet%29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diskussion in the Mandolin Cafe (with information and sheet music): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandolincafe.com\/forum\/showthread.php?57691-Tarentella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.mandolincafe.com\/forum\/showthread.php?57691-Tarentella<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another post about a tarantella: <a title=\"Permanent Link: Tarantella Siziliana \u2013 Mit Gitarre, Mandoline und Maultrommel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gezupftes.de\/?p=2531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Tarantella Siziliana \u2013 Mit Gitarre, Mandoline und Maultrommel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>youtube channel Roman Gurochkin: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Gurochkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Gurochkin<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Sheetmusic<\/h4>\n<p>I have collected many sources for sheet music of tarantellas:<\/p>\n<p>Three tarantellas for the accordeon (manuscript): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabrillo.edu\/~stappero\/Music%20Sheets\/MusicIndex.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cabrillo.edu\/~stappero\/Music%20Sheets\/MusicIndex.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheetmusic at IMSLP &#8211; classical versions, many versions for the piano: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=site:imslp.org+tarantella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=site:imslp.org+tarantella<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paganini &#8211; Tarantella for violin and guitar (ther is a video of this tarantella with flute and guitar in my playlist): <a href=\"http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Tarantella_for_Violin_and_Guitar_%28Paganini,_Niccol%C3%B2%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Tarantella_for_Violin_and_Guitar_%28Paganini,_Niccol%C3%B2%29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheetmusic and TABs for mandolin: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/american-mandolin-tab\/tarantella.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/american-mandolin-tab\/tarantella.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheetmusic and TABs for guitar: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/american-guitar-tab\/tarantella.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.traditionalmusic.co.uk\/american-guitar-tab\/tarantella.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheetmusic\u00a0 for flute: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flutetunes.com\/tunes.php?id=543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.flutetunes.com\/tunes.php?id=543<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>Traditional Italian tune<\/div>\n<p>The \u201cTarantella\u201d dance music is probably the most recognized tune of all Italian folk music. You can see this dance at authentic southern Italian weddings, and obviously it appears in the famous 1972 film <em>The Godfather<\/em>. In <em>The Godfather Part II<\/em>, Frankie Pentangeli tries to get the wedding band (who is not Italian) to play a tarantella; they end up playing \u201cPop Goes the Weasel\u201d instead!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sheetmusic (abc tune search) &#8211; the most important tarantella folk tunes: <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnotation.com\/searchTunes?q=tarantella&amp;f=c&amp;o=a&amp;s=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/abcnotation.com\/searchTunes?q=tarantella&amp;f=c&amp;o=a&amp;s=0<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Carlo Aonzo &#8211; Northern Italian &amp; Ticino Region Folk Songs for Mandolin<\/h4>\n<p>(amazon partnerlink)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=mandoisland00-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=078668741X&amp;asins=078668741X&amp;linkId=3MVTGLYCBG4ALWEI&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago I have discovered a site with a collection of free sheet music for the fisarmonca &#8211; the accordeon. Its mainly a collection of Italian tunes, folk songs, folk dances and also some opera melodies. When I visited this site again I looked at some Tarantellas and decided to write a post about 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