The tango - how can there be so much feeling in so few notes? Browse our sheet music and scores, try works by Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla and many more, and immerse yourself in the electrifying world of tango with Stretta Music today!
There are many theories about the origin of the tango. The word tango is thought to have been used in the Congo, the Gulf of Guinea and the South Sudan to refer to a meeting place. There is evidence of the same word being used for slave dance meetings in Buenos Aires, and also in Montevideo as early as 1789.
Names of other Latin American dances also have African origins, such as the milonga or the candombe, but this does not mean that the tango originates from African Music. The tango, born on both sides of the Rio de La Plata between Argentina and Uruguay, is the musical result of waves of immigration in the mid-19th century, a wonderful mixture of cultures, rhythms and musical forms including the Payada, Milonga, Habanera, Andalusian Tango, Mazurka, Polka, Waltz, Zarzuela, Sainete and many more.
Although the bandoneon is synonymous with tango today, it did not feature in tango music until the late 19th century. Until then, the line-up consisted of guitar, violin and flute. The flute gradually disappeared, being replaced by the piano, and shortly after the bandoneon was introduced.
In 1925, the Tangos by Carlos Gardel achieved international fame, with hits such as Por una cabeza and Volver, and along with Astor Piazzolla, in the film adaptation of El día que me quieras, named after the famous tango.
Through the works of Astor Piazzolla, particularly his Adiós Nonino, and classical composers like Igor Stravinsky, with his Tango by Stravinsky, the tango has become an integral part of classical concerts world-wide.
for: Classical guitar
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 1532639
Fundamental Method for Playing Tango Music
for: Flute
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1013008
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633806
for: Accordion
Music score, CD
Item no.: 622414
for: Violin
Music lesson book (anthology), Piano accompaniment, online playback
Item no.: 562799
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1190277
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 218545
for: Violin [cello], piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 297153
for: Bandoneon, strings
Score
Item no.: 472829
for: BAND (AKK) FL OB KLAR FAG STR
Score
Item no.: 368370
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279708
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 758620
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 735642
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 340617
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 549431
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio) [3 cellos]
Set of parts
Item no.: 550458
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 217977
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 943725
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4063
for: Voice, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311665
for: Voice (soprano) a cappella
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 775053
Album - Auszüge aus der Oper
Suite für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 185094
for: Viola, piano
Book
Item no.: 617669
12 Favorite Pieces in easy arrangements for clarinet
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 644216
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 156064
for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 641254
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 582908
for: 1–2 classical guitars
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 150742
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 395487
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 640859
for: Cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 184943
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 141530
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473914
for: Clarinet, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 365958
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473981
for: Voice, strings
Score
Item no.: 638939
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 693046
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 626081
for: T-HACK AKK KLAV
Item no.: 367592
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio) [3 cellos]
Score
Item no.: 549427
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 158054
for: Voice, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 154536
for: Piano
Item no.: 139722
für Melodieinstrument (C/B/Es), Gitarre, Akkordeon und Kontrabass
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat), guitar, accordion, double bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487693
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473916
for: VL E-GIT KB BAND KLAV
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 341554
(Milonga)
for: 2 alto saxophones [tenor saxophones]
Music score
Item no.: 724731
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308681