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fri 3 mar 2017 20:00 hour

Disco Volante Episode 3.

The tarantella is a form of South Italian, song, music and dance that has been performed since the 12th century. The name is linked to that of the bite of a tarantula. Traditionally, is was believed this bite could create psychic disorders.It was seen as symbolic and originated from a countryside superstition. This social phenomenon became known in Europe as ‘tarantism’. Several (folk) instruments were used over the centuries to play the folk dance, the ‘pizzica’. Best known are the ‘tamburello’ (tamborine), guitar, violin, and the later added ‘organetto’ (Italian diatonic accordion).

The tarantella is now very popular across Italy, in a new modern or postmodern setting. Of the many forms the tarantella can take, the ‘pizzica’ is the best known. This kind of music if typical of the peninsula Salento, which is right in the heel of the Italian ‘boot’. ‘Pizzica’ means, ‘that stings’ and is a reference to the tarantula bite. The music was said to have healing powers and was used as a musical cure for ‘i tarantolati’, thos bitten by the spider. In this case, the music depended on the symptoms that the victim showed.

A different type of ‘pizzica’ is synonym to feast and used for country dances and parties. Now that the superstition and the phenomenon of ‘tarantism’ has been gone for nearly 50 years, the ‘pizzica ‘meaning feast lives on and has become a lot more popular throughout the country, thanks to musicians, researchers and promoters. Today, we focus on the ‘pizzica’, by listening to old recording that serve as the most authentic sources. The first groups, consisting of musicians/ethno-musicologists (so, no longer of regular citizens and farmers) revived the music in the 70’s, using deze sources and field research.

After that, from the late 90’s onward, the tarantella had huge successes in Italy through hundreds of concerts and workshops. An example is the La Notte della Taranta. This festival is held yearly in the region of Salento, near Apulia and has become one of the largest music festivals in Italy.

The programme consist of a series of concerts in small villages. The festival is led each year by a prominent international figure, like Ludovico Einaudi, Goran Bregovic and Stewart Copeland, and receives guest from all over the world to compete with the ‘pizzica’. The development of the tarantella has been a constant journey, not just the last few years. Classical composers, jazz, pop musicians and DJs were all inspired by the tarantella. That is why this South Italian form of song, music and dance is so special and has so many aspects. All the more reason to broadcast a string of radio programmes, looking at the tarantella in every spectrum. The musical legacy of South Italy stretched much further, like the traditions in the regions of Campania and Calabria and is just as strong and ancient as in the region of Apulia. That is way our tour of South Italy continues the following months, with ritual songs, protest songs, workings songs, satirical and love songs, lullabies, nursery rhymes and much much more.

 

Playlist

Antonio Castrignanò, Mara la fatìa (Kurumuny, 2015)
1. Mara la fatìa 6:27
2. Lu sule calau 4:41

Epifani Barbers, Marannui (Forrest Hill, 2005)
3.Ci criti o non ci criti 4:37
4. Suspiri tua 3:20

Officina Zoè, Sangue vivo (Cantoberon, 2000)
5. L’America 3:13

 


6. Allu Sciardinu 4:49

Dario Muci, Barberìa e canti del Salento vol. II (Anima Mundi 2016)
7. Oh rondinella 4:49
8. Ramu di fiori 4:54

Enza Pagliara, Frunte de luna (Unda Maria 2008 / Anima Mundi, 2009)
9. Vole e vole 3:41
10. Aquila bella 4:35

 

 

Cesare Dell’Anna, Lu ragno impoverito (11/8 records, 2007)
11. Tecnopizzica 2002 6:09
12. Monovirus 4:01

 

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