Biographical/Historical: The tarantella is an Italian folk dance and musical form said to be named after the region of Taranto and/or after the insect called the tarantula or wolf spider, the effects of whose venomous bite were supposedly counteracted by frenzied dancing.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19759735
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a486a3a0-9f4c-013b-b556-0242ac110004

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1800

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tarantella" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800 - 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a486a3a0-9f4c-013b-b556-0242ac110004

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1800 - 1899). Tarantella Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a486a3a0-9f4c-013b-b556-0242ac110004

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tarantella" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a486a3a0-9f4c-013b-b556-0242ac110004

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