EDUARDO CALIENDO - Tarantella Vesuviana

This Tarantella -Studio , was composed around 1969 by the Guitarist Teacher and Composer Eduardo Caliendo. (he was my guitar teacher either in Naples or at Domenico Cimarosa Conservatory in Avellino , a nice town 40 km east the city of Naples ).
(E. Caliendo - Naples 1922-1993)
Tarantella is a group of various folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time (sometimes 12/8, accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized forms of traditional southern Italian music. The specific dance-name varies with every region, for instance tammurriata in Campania, pizzica in the Salento region, Sonu a ballu in Calabria.
Tarantella is popular in Southern Italy and Argentina. The term may appear as tarantello in a linguistically masculine construction.
In the Italian province of Taranto, Apulia, the bite of a locally common type of wolf spider, named "tarantula" after the region,was popularly believed to be highly venomous and to lead to a hysterical condition known as tarantism. This became known as the Tarantella.
R. Lowe Thompson proposed that the dance is a survival from a "Dianic or Dionysiac cult", driven underground.
In 186 BC the tarantella went underground, reappearing under the guise of emergency therapy for bite victims.
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Eduardo Caliendo (Naples, 10 November 1922 - Naples, 26 July 1993) was a guitarist, composer and teacher of Italian guitar.
Born in Naples in Via Santa Maria Antesaecula by Ettore Caliendo, the famous Neapolitan mandolin player who has always been a member of the Calace Academy.
Since his birth his father started playing the music and indeed advocating his love for the whole and in particular the Neapolitan music, he composed for him "Serenatella piccerella" on verses by the poet Pasquale Cinquegrana and had it performed by a whole orchestra of picks underneath his home on the day of his first name on October 13th. He began studying guitar with Pasquale Serrano, guitarist of the Calace Academy.
In collaboration with Roberto Murolo he is the protagonist of the "Antologia della canzone Neapolitana" series by Durium, still today one of the most important and meticulous works on Neapolitan song. In the seventies he also collaborated with the singer-guitarist Egisto Sarnelli. He also composes songs for and with guitar including: Moresca, Tarantella cu 'Pulicenella, Marine Algae, Tarantella, Fantasia' and culure, Cale capresi and many others often dedicating them to his students.
He is sentimentally connected to the artist Vincenza Paesano (aka Enza Dorian), an opera singer who favors the Neapolitan repertoire and takes him around the world (Canada, South America, Belgium) alongside large personalities of the time (Nunzio Gallo, Tito Schipa jr, Pina Lamara, Vera Nandi, Achille Togliani). He dedicates his whole life to music and above all to teaching so much to consider his pupils as children who constantly attend his house in Via Aniello Falcone.
In the 1950s he was professor of guitar at the Liceo musicale di Napoli. In 1970 he received the Carulli prize in Castellamare for his artistic and educational merits. In 1972 at the State Conservatory of Music "Domenico Cimarosa" in Avellino he was called to occupy the professorship of guitar strongly desired by the then director Vincenzo Vitale, famous leader of Neapolitan pianists, where he remained teacher until the year of his retirement.
From his school come talented guitarists like Corrado Sfogli, Eugenio Bennato, Eduardo Bennato, Gianfranco Caliendo, Patrizio Trampetti, Fausta Vetere, Mauro Di Domenico, Lucio Matarazzo, Angelo Pugliese, Mario Fragnito, Gianvito Pulzone. He also graduated under his guidance dozens of guitarists including Maurizio Gaudiosi, Filippo Sica, Angelo Tuorto, Luigi Fricchione, Giuseppe Allegretti, Gianluca Marino Maurizio Giobbe and many others. In 1993 he died in Naples.
His nephew Gianfranco, son of his brother Mario, was one of the solo singers and the guitarist of the popular band Il Giardino dei Semplici.

[@elisalouise2678]

Marvelous Tarentella played with such fabulous dexterity and fluidity, Claudio !!! Sure you did your teacher proud if he ever got to see you play his work !!! Your left hand looks like a tarantula running up the neck .... 🕷 👏👏👏

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Dear Elisa, I’m so happy about your visit and your so nice comment. 😃 lovely thank you so much. With kindest regards 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@ThereseLefebvreComposerPianist]

A most inspiring moment... thank you for the meditative listen... a pleasure listening to you... you made my afternoon 🙏🌹

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you so much for your visit Teresa. I appreciate. I wish you a great week end of music ! 🙏🙏🙏🎵🎵🎵👋

[@halilar470]

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[@tamilezra6365]

👈Wow It is so great to watch the most amazing beautiful gorgeous video i like Friend💟🎸⛺🎁

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much. I appreciate. 🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋🎵🎵🎵

[@lucynagawlikguitar8128]

Wow! Great music and excellent played and great interpretation 👏🎸👍congratulations thanks for sharing Greetings

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much Lucyna. I appreciate. Kind regards and greetings. 👋👋👋🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@guilhermearaujofingerstyle]

Very Good Your Music ....Friend very show really super like and won another guitar friend Have a Good Night

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much. I subbed your channel too. Obrigado 🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋

[@angelocerrato2518]

Accidenti che pezzone, credo sia tostissimo da eseguire. Vivissimi complimenti Claudio. Bravo 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Gentilissimo e generoso , grazie Angelo ! Sono contento che questa brillante tarantella ti sia piaciuta. Ho messo nel video le foto del Maestro Eduardo ….nostalgia canaglia …. Cari saluti ! 🙏🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋👋

[@angelocerrato2518]

@@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar si ho visto le foto di Caliendo, non sapevo che componesse anche. Cmq me lo ricordo benissimo e ricordo perfettamente anche Quattrocchi, ancora complimenti 👍👍👍💯💯💯

[@michaelhermiston]

such joy!!!! and so smooth...your dexterity is such a delight!!! a glorious, vigorously happy expression of life à la dance! bravo Claudio et Eduardo

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much Michael. I appreciate. Have a nice Sunday. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Vincentdonnelly5158]

Great controlling of the 6 strings sounds like a hundred strings. I can only dream. Congratulations.

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you so much Vincent , looking forward to you next videos and music. All the best. 🙏🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋🎵🎵🎵

[@user-yi7te5ei4y]

Congratulation Claudio for this marvellous, full of virtuosity performance !!!

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much Minas , I appreciate. I’m working on your composition … hope to finalize it in the next days. Have a great week ahead ! All the best. With best regards 🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋👋

[@user-yi7te5ei4y]

@@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar I look forward to hearing it !!!

[@edgarblanc]

Bravissimo Claudio, tu joues vraiment de mieux en mieux.

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Merci beaucoup Edgar. I’m happy you liked this piece. It brings me back to my youth days ….many many years ago 😓 We ‘ ll keep in touch on FB as well. I wish you a great week ahead. Greetings. 🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋👋🎵🎵🎵

[@kickoran]

wow che bell'aspetto sei un fantastico chitarrista classico Mi piace molto vedere le tue dita forti

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you for the visit. Regards from Italy.

[@ErnestKwokguitarist]

Hi dear Claudio, your teacher must be so proud of you! Virtuosic and awesome performance of this exciting Tarantella. Thanks for this wonderful music experience, dear friend.Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎶🎵😊

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Dear Ernest I’m very happy you liked this peculiar piece ! I appreciate your kind feedback ver much. Have a great Sunday and take care. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🎵🎵🎵👋👋👋

[@ryabenkov]

Hi, Claudio! It's gorgeous! The guitar is dancing in your hands and it pleases! I wish you not to lose your creative inspiration! See you

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much for your visit and kind feedback. Greetings and best regards.

[@DmitriySuleikin]

Greetings. Great game like 38. Good night.

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much For your visit and comment. I appreciate. 🙏🙏🙏🎵🎵🎵👋👋👋all the best and greetings.

[@bettyslescoversdebetty]

what a magnificent piece and what virtuosity, dear Claudio!! it was a pleasure to listen to! friendships Betty

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Dear Betty , I'm so happy to hear from you ! Thank you so much for your visit and comment. Have a great week end. Kind regards Claudio

[@tlswing]

wow wow ! a tarantella named after a volcano, could only be explosive :) Wonderful performance Claudio, I am totally bluffed by your dexterity and velocity, I imagine the hours of work to get to this result, I think your teacher must be very proud of you :) a big bravo

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much for such a nice feedback my friend. Getting old means a lot of nostalgic memories … as the ones raised by this brisk paced composition. I wish you a great week ahead. 🎵🎵🎵🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋

[@tokmind]

Awesome! Great work!

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much for your visit and feedback. I appreciate. 🙏🙏🙏all the best 👋👋👋🎵🎵🎵

[@lauriejeannecomposer8044]

Bravo! That was breathtaking Claudio!:):) What an incredible teacher he must have been. You do him proud with such a beautiful performance:)

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Very kind of you Lauriejeanne. Thank you so much . Kind regards and all the best . Greetings

[@CristinaS]

Bellissima questa composizione del tuo maestro ed eccellente la tua esecuzione, Claudio! Buona fine settimana, Cristina

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Gentilissima Cristina, grazie mille per la visita e buon week end anche a te !

[@CristinaS]

E' sempre un grande piacere ascoltarti, Claudio, sei bravissimo!

[@qveciana]

OUTSTANDING piece and rendition. 👏👏👏 It could be considered a velocity study but it's more than this. A really beautiful folk melody between scale and scale. It's not necessary to dance with this music in order to heal the tarantula bite..you can play it sweating and sweating ..so I assure it works too😀😀 Again, a great hommage and memory to your former teacher 😀

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Dear Joaquim , I’m so glad to read your feedback, it is a delightful piece indeed and it brings me back to my youth days. I hope everything is ok in your beautiful country and that the forthcoming springtime sun ☀️ will shine over our skies and lives . I wish you a great week ahead. All the best and greetings 🙏🙏🙏🙏👋👋👋👋👋🎵🎵👏🏻👏🏻

[@StillPointStudio]

Beautiful playing! Never heard this piece but it’s very cool. Dig the guitar too - do you do your own 7 string arrangments

[@Sevenstrings-classical-guitar]

Thank you very much for your kind visit and feedback. I appreciate. Yes I arrange the pieces for 7 strings myself. I wish you all the best and a great Sunday ahead. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏