0 a dance from southern Italy in which two people holding each other move around very fast, turning as they go, or a piece of music written for this style of dancing:
It is the most virtuosic of all four movements, and the frenzied, passionate character, along with the meter of 6/8, are suggestive of a tarantella.
The song integrates tarantella and circus music styles with progressive rock and features a sampled calliope.
This movement is written in 6/8 and in tarantella style, and is characterised by a relentless galloping rhythm.
The tarantella is most commonly played with a mandolin, a guitar, an accordion and tambourines.
A lyrical second theme and a tarantella-like closing theme lead to a traditional developing, then the recapitulation.
On the podium he seemed to be dancing everything from a tarantella to a sabre dance.
The tarantella became the inspiration for the creation of the ballet.
Dancers would perform a tarantella, accompanied by music which would eventually cure the victim, at least temporarily.
