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ARGENTINA
CULTURAL IDENTITY |
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ARGENTINA MUSIC•
TANGO ARGENTINO MUSIC AND DANCE |
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Tango Argentino History: Music and Dance
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Undoubtedly, tango holds a privileged
position in the representation of the Argentine abroad. While,
basically, it is known as a dance and a music which can be sung,
tango also contains a particular language (lunfardo), certain
usages and customs, and even a characteristic philosophy identifying
tango people.
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| Tango in the Palais
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At an international level, in order
to distinguish it from so many other forms that appear in dance
halls, it is known as Argentine tango.
It was this which gave rise to all the other forms.
The birth of tango took place towards mid-19th century, with
the formation of dwelling conglomerates around the young city
of Buenos Aires. Those who lived there, peasants from inland,
European immigrants and some disadvantaged porteños (born
in Buenos Aires) made up a new social class. Perhaps as a way
of identifying themselves as a group and of feeling they belonged
in their new home, they began to create cultural expressions
derived from this mixture. This was the start of tango, characterized
by its extremely closed codes, which were only accessible to
the working classes. |
House of neighbourg. Conventillo
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Due to this impossibility of understanding
by other audiences, the diffusion of tango was difficult and
was basically approached through dance, which was earlier than
tango itself in its most characteristic musical format (let
alone sung tango, which arrived much later). It is clear that
tango culture, understood as some particular
usages and customs, is earlier than tango as an artistic expression.
Salon dances involving a man and a woman embracing were the
precedent for tango, which was refined until it became what
has long been known as tango. |
| Tango en la calle |
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Somebody said: -Tango is something
else than a soft wave turned into music, it is the deepest
dance in the world -, and he who spoke these words was not
Argentine. The truth is that it must be acknowledged that
it represents the last step in the universal dance evolution
as regards dances of mixed couples.
What started with dance was eventually coming of age in the
expert hands of great men, who, inspired in the popular
melting pot, captured the richest part of the Buenos
Aires culture in their compositions. Themes always refer to
the ordinary man and his problems, the city and memories.
Thus, tango becomes a portrayal of Buenos Aires and its people.
For this reason, undoubtedly, since the best of the Buenos
Aires culture is carried in each song, tango gained ground
abroad.
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| Carlos Gardel plaing
the bandoneón (large concertina). |
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Taking the risk of making serious omissions, it can be said
that among the tangos of widest renown are: La cumparsita,
El choclo, El entrerriano, Quejas de bandoneón, A fuego
lento, La yumba, Uno, Milongueando en el '40, Danzarín,
Verano porteño, Adiós nonino , etc.
As regards musicians, it is worth mentioning: Armando Pontier,
Osvaldo Pugliese, Aníbal Troilo, Julio de Caro, Horacio
Salgán, Mariano Mores, Astor Piazzolla and many others.
Among the most outstanding lyricists: Homero Manzi, Alfredo
Le Pera, Celedonio Flores, Homero Expósito, Horacio Ferrer,
Cátulo Castillo and Pascual Contursi, from a long list. |
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Score of the jota
Los ojos de mi moza
(My Girl's Eyes). |
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Score ofthe tango
Rubias de New York
(New York Blondes). |
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And, when it comes to singers, it is impossible
to omit the greatest one
of all times: Carlos Gardel, who became the
prototypical figure of the porteño, beyond his voice
or his way of performing tango.
Furthermore, among the singers are: Edmundo Rivero, Angel Vargas,
Alberto Castillo, Hugo del Carril, Roberto Goyeneche and Alberto
Marino, aside from female voices such as Azucena Maizani, Libertad
Lamarque, Nelly Omar, Alba Solís and María Graña. |
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| Carlos Gardel |
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Edmundo Rivero |
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| Furthermore, among the singers are: Edmundo Rivero, Angel
Vargas, Alberto Castillo, Hugo del Carril, Roberto Goyeneche
and Alberto Marino, aside from female voices such as Azucena
Maizani, Libertad Lamarque, Nelly Omar, Alba Solís and
María Graña. |
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As it was already noted, tango is
much more than music and it is thus impossible to leave aside
dance. Among the best dancers it is worth including: Benito
Bianquet, Casimiro Ain and Tito Lusiardo, as regards the older
generations; and among the contemporaries: Juan Carlos Copes
and María Nieves, Nélida and Nelson, Gloria and
Eduardo, Mayoral and Elsa María, Virulazo and Elvira,
María and Carlos Rivarola and the Dinzels. All of them
were members of the original cast of Tango argentino, which
was a great success in Broadway. Created and directed by Claudio
Segobia and Hector Orezzoli, this show was one of the most recent
relevant events within the genre, which is nothing more than
the evidence that, for the last ten years, tango reached an
important position in the international artistic panorama, such
as it deserved.
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| Gloria and Rodolfo
Dinzel |
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Authors: Gloria
and Rodolfo Dinzel |
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Photographs were kindly granted
by their authors. |
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