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G.J. Rubini: Tarantelle in G

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a fun tarantella from 1884 by the British composer George Jervis Rubini (possibly 1833-95)
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I can't find much information on Rubini, except that he seems to have had a few popular salon pieces published in Paris and elsewhere, and may have spent some of his life abroad. His Bolero is described on the cover of my score as being 'the Rage of London, Paris, Madrid, and Vienna'.  He seems to have had a sister (maybe daughter) Fanny Jervis Rubini, who was an opera singer active in Europe.  This piece is somewhat generic, and similar to many tarantellas of the period—but it is quite fun to play.  Had Rubini had access to a computer with cut-and-paste functionality, he could have composed this piece very quickly!

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