Tarantella Napoletana

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The "Tarantella Napoletana" is the tarantella associated with Naples. It is familiar to North American viewers of popular media as a stereotypically "Italian" musical riff or melody.

Examples of its use include Gioachino Rossini's "La Danza" from Soirées Musicales (1830–1835).^[1]

See also

• Oriental riff
• "The Streets of Cairo, or the Poor Little Country Maid" (the Arabian-themed version of regional melodic cues like the Oriental riff and this "Italian riff" ["Tarantella Napoletana"])

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