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: Voice, piano
Item no.: 218543
for: Oboe [flute], clarinet, bassoon
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 565213
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473914
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 274923
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1355316
for: Cello, accordion
Score, part
Item no.: 242316
Tango
for: Violin [flute], guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673656
for guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 466959
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 172599
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308681
combocom
1. Melodic instrument(s)(C/B/Es), 2. Melodic instrument(s)(C/B/Es), Piano, Violoncello, Double bass
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482160
5 tangos for accordion (MII) and melody instrument in C/Bb
for: Melody instrument (c/B-flat), accordion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665478
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 171469
14 works arranged for piano solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 681140
for: Violin [clarinet/trumpet], piano; guitar, bandoneon, bass ad lib.
Piano reduction, solo parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5007
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473984
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 775056
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 659614
for: Flute, guitar
Score, solo part
Item no.: 395629
for: Piano
Item no.: 218544
Klassik
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 473177
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 340583
para canto y piano
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice (medium), piano
Item no.: 310935
Text von Homero Exposito
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 150442
Klavierauszug
Klavierauszug (mit Bandoneónstimme)
for: BAND KLAV
Item no.: 156414
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019252
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473910
für Klaviertrio
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 331333
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 339540
for: KLAV TEXT
Single edition
Item no.: 218291
(Tango)
for: 2 alto saxophones [tenor saxophones]
Music score
Item no.: 724729
8 Tangos
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 752482
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio) [3 cellos]
Set of parts
Item no.: 563204
for: 4 cellos
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 394707
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 197361
for: Guitar
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1589467
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 606358
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473977
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 768992
Tango argentino
Arrangement
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 745256
for: Voice, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 153798
12 easy tangos
for: Accordion
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 798004
for: Cello, guitar
Item no.: 242984
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 211576
for: Flute, harp
Buch
Item no.: 169386
for: Guitar
Item no.: 119113