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Originally created as a dance to keep the poisonous bite of the tarantula from killing its victims, this infectious, increasingly rapid music has inspired composers from many different countries. Fred Flaxman brings you an hour of melodious examples.
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Originally created as a dance to keep the poisonous bite of the tarantula from killing its victims, this infectious, increasingly rapid music has inspired composers from many different countries. Fred Flaxman brings you an hour of melodious examples.
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Program 71
"Tarantellas"
MUSIC: Traditional Italian Tarantella performed by the Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet [Dorian DOR-93260, track 2] [1:15] [under the following]
Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide Fred Flaxman, and during the next hour we're going to uncover the truth about "Tarantellas" the Italian spider dance that has bitten almost every composer with its rapid and ever accelerating beat.
The music in the background is a traditional Italian tarantella. It is being performed by the Chuckerbutty Ocarina Quartet on a Dorian compact disc. The ocarina is an ancient wind instrument which is made in many shapes and sizes. The ones pictured in the brochure which comes with this CD look like large, closed sea shells with holes in them and a mouth piece coming out off-center from the side. They are all in one piece and look as though they are made of bone or plastic, if not...
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