{"id":10512,"date":"2011-08-20T20:34:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T00:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2014-07-24T08:21:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T12:21:33","slug":"taranto-tarantula-and-tarantella-%e5%a1%94%e5%85%b0%e5%9b%be%e8%9c%98%e8%9b%9b%e8%88%9e%e6%9b%b2by-yk-chan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=10512","title":{"rendered":"Taranto, tarantula and tarantella \u5854\u5170\u56fe\u8718\u86db\u821e\u66f2\t\tby YK Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Is tarantella the dance music for avoiding death from tarantism caused by a tarantula bite?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Lycosa tarantula<\/p><\/div>\n

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A myth<\/strong> goes like this:\u00a0 When you are bitten by the tarantula wolf spider (Lycosa tarantula<\/em>) you will succumb to the hysterical condition of tarantism, and need to dance to the tarantella\u2015a type of agitated, manic and fast-rhythm (usually at 6\/8 time) music\u2015to counter the poison by sweating and avoid death.<\/p>\n

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Here is how it looks like, traditionally, enacted from the bite to the dance with some innuendo of youthful sexual flirtation:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/my.lifeinitaly.com\/threads\/4926-SEXY-GIRL-DANCING-quot-TARANTELLA-quot-%28Italian-traditional-dance%29<\/a><\/p>\n

Another depiction of a barefoot dancer can be viewed in the first part of this clip:<\/p>\n

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Tarantella in ballet form<\/p><\/div>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/481A2k4IgUo&hl=it&fs=1<\/a><\/p>\n

Both the spider and the music are attributed to the Italian region of Taranto, at the heel of the \u201cItalian boot\u201d (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Province_of_Taranto<\/a>), although the dance form is Greek in origin.\u00a0 The spider bite may be painful but it usually is not fatal to humans.\u00a0 If not for curative purpose, tarantella music may be graceful instead of frantic for dancing couples, as seen here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YvlP4KrIzls<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tarantella couple dance<\/p><\/div>\n

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I prefer to associate tarantella with frenzy and excitement as it conveys a sense of passion and not reason.\u00a0 Human emotion could be an outlet for relieving the fatigued reasoning faculty, thus refreshing it.<\/p>\n

Although I enjoy watching a graceful or energetic dance that enhances the accompanying music, the music itself is the inducing factor of emotion.\u00a0 The human voice is also an instrument, which can be tuned and trained for expressive vocalization.\u00a0 You would appreciate what it means to compare voice with instrument when you listen to this tongue-twisting and exciting song of Rossini\u2019s La Danza <\/em>(http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Danza<\/a>) in tarantella napoletana<\/em> time.\u00a0 Here, the tenor Rolando Villaz\u00f3n<\/a> sings this song flawlessly with the strong pulsating and arousing rhythm.\u00a0 Listening to it, you may feel being swept off your feet and carried away by a whirlwind: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fuaHlOt3SgE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kreutzer Sonata<\/p><\/div>\n

The last movement (Presto<\/em>) of Beethoven\u2019s Kreutzer violin sonata<\/p>\n

(http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Violin_Sonata_No._9_%28Beethoven%29<\/a>)<\/p>\n

also comes to mind since it is in rondo form as a 6\/8-tarantella.\u00a0 The virtuosi Gidon Kremer<\/a> and Martha Argerich<\/a> perform it engagingly thus:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MOIVF4ICcnA&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tolstoy\u2019s novella, The Kreutzer Sonata <\/em>(http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Kreutzer_Sonata<\/a>), is said to have been inspired by Beethoven’s sonata.\u00a0 Its story in turn inspired the 1901 painting by Ren\u00e9 Fran\u00e7ois Xavier Prinet and Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek<\/a>‘s first string quartet (1923), both entitled or subtitled Kreutzer Sonata.<\/em>\u00a0 But, that is another story, another piece of art and music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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