It has a melody as well as a ground and rhythm, and even lyrics in some
sources.
These do vary.
There is quite a bit about it in Maurices Esses book "Dance and instrumental
diferencias in Spain during the 17th and early 18th centuries". Including
one version of the tune.
There must be Italian versions of it too.
Monica
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Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 9:08 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Tarantella - ground, melody or rhytm?
Dear collective knowledge,
as some may know, I happen to have kind of relation to some tarantula
spiders, see my page (or don't if you happen to have araknofobia!)
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/Tarantula/
I would like to gather a collection of Tarantella dances to a web page.
And especially such pieces that could be naturally played or accompanied
by lute instruments - bar. and ren. guitars included. That means
tabulated or continuo music - or songs - let us say before 19th century
- there are lots of pieces and versions after 1800. But I would like to
find mostly 18th, 17th and 16th century Tarantellas. Are there any from
earlier years?
Perhaps there are some readers, who do not know that Tarantella dancing
was kind of medicine or remedy to persons, who were bitten by a spider.
And as far as I know, in Italy it was a bite of Black Widow, just a tiny
little spider compared to my tarantula spiders. ;-)
And to my subject line: is there any consensus, whether Tarantella is a
ground bass line, a melody, or a rhythm pattern?
All the best,
Arto
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