Tarantella Flashcards

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What is a Tarantella?

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A fast Neapolitan dance with a strong rhythmic drive, usually in 3/8 or 6/8 time.
It is said that the bite from a tarantula spider in Taranto (from where the dance originates) causes the victim to dance frenetically, which oddly enough is also the cure for the venomous bite.

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What is the name of the composer and when was he born n when did he die?

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Albert Pieczonka 1828-1912

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Presto

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Very fast

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What key is it in and are there any modulations

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A minor, changes to A major bar 69, then back to A minor in bar 86, back to A major bar102, then back to A minor bar 122

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What is the time signature?

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6/8 compound duple time, 2 beats to the bar and the beat is a dotted crotchet

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What form is it in?

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Compound Ternary Form - 
Intro A(aba)B(cdc)A(aba) coda
Outer sections are lively with decorative octave leaps; middle slightly slower and more lyrical. Sudden dynamic changes and dramatic pauses create a stop start effect that adds a touch of drama and spontaneity.
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più f

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More loudly

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fz

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Fortzando - forcingly, sudden emphasis or accent

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Molto crescendo

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Molto means very. A quick change in dynamics. So a quickly changing crescendo.

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a tempo

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Return to former speed

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Prestissimo

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Extremely fast

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Sempre

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Always

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Poco meno mosso

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A little slower

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Discuss the composer.

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Born in Konigsberg, Prussia. At 19 moved to Leipzig to study music. Studied under Ignaz Moscheles and also took lessons from Liszt n Rubenstein, who were all quite influential in his life. He gave many concerts in Germany before moving to London in 1858 where he built a successful career as a pianist, teacher and composer. In 1880 he n his wife Nancy and their children, moved to New York where they founded the Kempa Ladies Orchestra and toured the US. He continued to teach until his 80’s. He died of pneumonia at the age of 84

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Other compositions by the composer?

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Tarantella in A minor
Dancing Waves
Polish Chivalry

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16
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Composers Contemporaries

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Rossini’s - La Danza 1835
Frederick Chopin - Taratelle in Ab major Op43
Franz Liszt - Taratella Vanezia e Napoli

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Discuss the Romantic Period

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1830 - 1920

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How is it typical of the period?

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Typical of many other Tarantellas written in the Romantic period such as Rossini’s La Danza, and Franz Lizst’s Tarantella Venezia e Napoli, in that it is energetic and lively, dynamics are often loud n confronting. It differs tho in that most don’t have a middle slower section like Pieczonka’s