From 1898, a fast-paced Italian tarantella dance written by John Philip Sousa for his operetta The Bride Elect.
Tarantella from The Bride Elect
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Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
647
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| Category |
Orchestra
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| Title |
Tarantella from The Bride Elect
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| Performed by |
Edison Grand Symphony Orchestra
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| Circa |
1898
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| Announcement |
"Tarantella from the opera Bride Elect, played by Edison's Grand Symphony Orchestra."
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The versatile "March King", John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), also composed over a dozen operettas.
Although Sousa's march from El Capitan
(see the October 1998 Cylinder of the Month)
is perhaps the most well-known selection from one of his operas, this month's wax cylinder of
the tarantella ("The Dancing Girl") from Sousa's 1897 three-act comic operetta The Bride Elect
is also well-remembered.
The Columbia Encyclopedia defines a tarantella as a
"Neapolitan folk dance that first appeared in Taranto, Italy, in the 17th century.
It had rapid 6/8 meter with an increasing tempo and was thought to cure the bite of the tarantula,
which supposedly caused the disease tarantism."
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Tarantella from The Bride Elect —
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