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Tarantella (Stravinsky)
1898 unfinished piano work by Igor Stravinsky
This article is about the 1898 piano fragment.
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For the 1920 movement from Pulcinella, see Pulcinella (ballet) § Form.
| Tarantella | |
|---|---|
Stravinsky (seated) with his brother and Yekaterina Nosenko, his cousin and future wife, 1900 | |
| Composed | October 14, 1898 |
| Dedication | D.
Rudnev |
| Duration | c. 1 minute |
| Scoring | |
| Date | 2021 |
| Performers | Alexey Zuev |
The "Tarantella" by Igor Stravinsky is an unfinished 16-measure fragment for piano composed on October 14, 1898.
It is his earliest surviving attempt at composition.
What motivated Stravinsky to compose "Tarantella" is unknown, but musicologist Graham Griffiths speculates it was an improvisation related to outings with his cousin in search of tarantulas.
It was eventually deposited at the Russian Public Library in Leningrad, where it was discovered by musicologist Valery Smirnov, who published excerpts in 1970. Richard Taruskin wr