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Argentinean Tangos for Keyboard
… a beautiful selection of tangos by
the most outstanding
composers of the guardia vieja
Here is the first extensive collection of early tango music ever published
outside of Argentina. This anthology presents 42 facsimile piano scores in a wide
range of tango styles found in 19th century Argentina and Uruguay. Selections
include classics by the most famous guardia vieja ("old guard") composers,
written during the tango's formative years between 1900 and 1920. Many of
these pieces evoke musical parallels with American piano rags of the same era.
These wonderful early tangos embody the full emotional depth and rhythmic
complexity of this fascinating genre, yet are accessible to players of varied
abilities. Appropriate for a moderately advanced player.
42 tangos, 96 pages.
Listen to samples of this music. View examples of the original sheet music. (The pages are reproductions of the original sheet music.)
View the contents.
excerpt from the Introduction:
I believe the tango will be remembered as one of the 20th century's most
important musical innovations — perhaps on a par with ragtime, jazz, and
rock-and-roll. If you're astonished by the first claim, please withhold judgement
until you've played through the gorgeous, intriguing music in this volume.
Read the full Introduction.
This collection showcases the syncopated piano music of Latin American during
the 19th and early 20th centuries. It features Latin rhythms, which are really African
rhythms brought to the Americas by slaves and applied to the music of the European
colonists. These rhythms are varied and complex and so is their history. They've had
a widespread and profound influence on the evolution of popular music, not only in
Latin America but also in the United States. The most obvious offshoots are the tango
in Argentine and Uruguay and most of the other popular dances of South and Central
America, as well as ragtime and jazz in the United States. Jelly Roll Morton claimed
this "Latin tinge" is the essential element that distinguishes jazz from ragtime.
These rhythms are the musical roots of groups like "The Buena Vista Social Club."
Includes works by Ignacio Cervantes (Cuba), Manuel Saumell (Cuba),
Juan Morel Campos (Puerto Rico), Jose Quinton (Puerto Rico), Ernesto Nazareth (Brazil),
Tomas Leon (Mexico), Sebastian Yradier (Spain), Eduardo Sanchez du Fuentas (Cuba),
Will Tyers (USA), Vincente Greco (Argentina), Anselmo Rosendo Mendizabal (Argentina),
Angel Villoldo (Argentina), Eduardo Arolas (Argentina) and Juan Maglio (Argentina).
Pieces range from intermediate to moderately advanced.
Contains 25 habaneras, 7 maxixes (Brazilian tangos) and 5 tangos; 96 pages.
View the contents.
excerpt from the Introduction:
… The most interesting and influential syncopated compositions came from Cuba,
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The most important genre
was the habanera... meaning "from Havana." The term described a basic rhythm,
rather than any specific dance or musical structure. It's the same rhythm
now associated with the tango from Argentina…. It's interesting to note
that the word tango was associated with this habanera rhythm 20 or 30 years
before the birth of the Argentine tango in the 1870s.
Read the full Introduction.
Order your copy today …
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each book is $20 plus shipping
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Bill Matthiesen
33 Stormview Road,
Lanesboro, MA 01237
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