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Adagio e Tarantella

edited by Alamiro Giampieri

Composer: Ernesto Cavallini

Publisher: Ricordi

$10.00

Movement/Section Duration: 6.5
Maestoso
Adagio cantabile
Tarantella: Allegro
  • This edition consists of a piano score and solo clarinet part, edited by Alamiro Giampieri.

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    Ernesto Cavallini (1807 – 1874) was an Italian clarinettist and composer.  The Adagio e Tarantella is dedicated "All’amico Sig. Don José Cruz," and was first published in 1869 by Giovanni Canti (Milan).  A stormy introduction of clarinet virtuosity eventually clears for the lyrical Adagio melody.  The energy soon rises again to a feverish pitch, ushering in the vigorous Italian tarantella folk dance, originally employed to supposedly cure the venomous effects of a tarantula spider bite.  The two keys, roughly equally employed, are F Minor and F Major, and the two time signatures are 4/4 and 6/8.

    Note that some other later publications have removed the 18-bar clarinet opening and the middle section featuring the piano (bars 129–172), trimming off about a minute from the duration (this edition is the full work).  The score has a transposed clarinet part, so it is possible to read/perform directly.  This edition doesn't have any bar numbers, but you can get them right here.