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THE TARANTELLA...A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE
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Rounder Records CD 1801
Includes a tammurriata from Salerno province, and a stornelli from Apulia
Rounder Records CD 1803
The region of Calabria has a rich musical tradition. It is located just south of Salerno province.
photo by Alan Lomax
Collection. Recordered in the 1950's .
...Vol. 1 Kardum 118
Tamburello
World Music: Italy This is a collection of songs by Romano
Zanotti , who is from the Vallo della Lucania in Salerno province. Simple renditions of Neapolitan songs from the 1700-1800's.
Nice voice and beautiful guitar music.
This is a collection of songs by southern Italian -American musicians from the 1920-1930's. The quality of the recording
and the selections is high. The mandolin predominates here
with the banjo and guitar played in the "mandolin style".
L'Empreinte Digitale ED 13066
Highly Recommended! This is an excellent collection of Pugliese traditional songs. I listen to this CD quite often.
Pino De Vittorio is an exceptional vocalist.
La Serenata.. by Filippo Palizzi
Sounds True..Music From the Heart of the World Includes
"Tarantella di Sannicandro", which is from a town a few miles from Palo Del Colle
From Smithsonian Folkways Collection...CD's and Cassettes can be ordered from the Smithsonian Institute
"In Mezz'una Strada Trovai una Pianta di Rosa:Italian Folk music
collected in NY and NJ, Vol.1 Folkways
#34041
"Calabria
Bella, Dove T"hai Lasciate?: Italian Folkmusic collected in NJ, and Rhode Island,
Vol.2 Folkways #34042
Italian Folk Music, Vol.5: Naples and Campania
Folkways # 04265
Italian Folk Songs Folkways #04010
Folk Music from Italy Folkways #04520
engraving from
Magnes, Sive De Arte Magnetica Opus
Tripartitum...,by Athanasius
Kircher... published
in Cologne in 1643. A
chapter on musical magnetism was devoted to Tarantism in Apulia.