Tango music
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"The later age of tango has been dominated by Ástor Piazzolla, whose Adiós nonino became the most influential work of tango music since Carlos Gardel's El día que me quieras was released in 1935. During the 1950s, Piazzolla consciously tried to create a more academic form with new sounds breaking the classic forms of tango, drawing the derision of purists and old-time performers."--Sholem Stein |
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Tango is a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay. It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, doublebass, and two bandoneons. Earlier forms of this ensemble sometimes included flute, clarinet and guitar. Tango music may be purely instrumental or may include a vocalist. Tango music is well-known across much of the world, along with the associated tango dance.
See also
- History of the tango
- Finnish tango
- Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album
- List of tango music labels
- Music of Argentina
- Argentine tango
- Music of Uruguay
- Uruguayan tango
- Vals (dance)
