La Tarantella Nel Salento
Label: ACCENT Catalog: ACC24236 Format: CD Liuwe Tamminga, organ; Fabio Tricomi, tamburello et al.; Luigi Mangiocavallo, Ottavia Rausa, violin; Stefano Albarello, chitarre battenteLa Tarantella nel Salento The tarantella is an ecstatic folk dance from southern Italy with a long tradition extending to the present day. It actually came into being as a form of therapy following a tarantula bite: the musicians came to the patient's house, to the marketplace or church, and began playing. The victim of the bite danced to the point of total exhaustion in order to drive the spider's poison out of the body. Price: $27.98 |