Tarantella Napoletana
"Tarantella Napoletana" 
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Play 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"])
References
- ↑ Lancaster, Jordan (2005). In the shadow of Vesuvius, p.187-188. ISBN 978-1-85043-764-2.
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