Gioachino Rossini - La Danza (audio + sheet music)

Джоаккино Россини Тарантелла Тенор Энрико Карузо “La danza“ (1835) is a patter song by Gioachino Rossini, in Tarantella napoletana time, the eighth song of the collection “Les soirées musicales“ (1830--1835). The lyrics are by Count Carlo Pepoli, librettist of Vincenzo Bellini’s opera “I puritani“. “La danza“ is a stand-alone chamber vocal piece, rather than part of a larger work. Franz Liszt transcribed it for piano, Frédéric Chopin used the song as inspiration for his “Tarantelle in A-flat“, Op. 43, and Ottorino Respighi featured it in “La Boutique fantasque“.