The tarantella is a representative dance and its music from Southern Italy, and in the latter half of the 19th century, it was a musical genre directly associated with the image of Naples. During the Second Empire (1852-1870), a period when European infrastructure development progressed and tourism rapidly developed, music evoking the exotic image of Spain and Italy was also a major characteristic of the tastes of this era. It adopts a type of sonata form, structured by the exposition and recapitulation of three themes: A, B, and C. It is dedicated to the American virtuoso and pupil, Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869).