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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: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1690518
10 tangos and other pieces
for: Flute; piano ad lib.
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1633291
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 147999
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Item no.: 137393
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 403927
Harfe, Flöte, Geige, Cello, Kontrabass
(variable Besetzung)
for: Harp, flute [violin], cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660737
Tango habanera für Vibraphon und Marimbaphon
for: Vibraphone, marimba
Score, part
Item no.: 677551
for: 2 oboes, cor anglais, bassoon, double bassoon, alto saxophone (sextet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 639102
Instrumentalstimmen
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 143986
Harold Gore Publishing
for: 4 saxophones (AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 180577
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473911
Single edition
Item no.: 405052
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 796994
Neun Stücke für Gitarre solo
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 665227
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 459715
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 150242
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 343142
11 Stücke für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 298510
Playalong-CD zur gleichnamigen Notenausgabe für Saxophonquintett
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 495272
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 392593
Il Tango Della Sorpresa
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 429618
Konzert-Tango für Salonorchester
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 433386
Partitur (Leihmaterial)
Partitur
for: Piano, strings
Conductor score
Item no.: 627434
Der Welterfolg vom Hazy-Osterwald-Sextett
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 488079
für Violoncello (Violine) und Klavier
for: Violin [cello], piano
Item no.: 477497
for guitar
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 334663
(Chôros)
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1562667
sur des mélodies de Carlos Gardel (no.1-4)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 631978
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 586114
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 484329
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 484328
for: Clarinet, guitar
Item no.: 350340
Tango für Trompete und Klavier
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 669248
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 605971
"Silfo y Ondina" N° 3
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 189456
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1639104
Kjos String Orchestra
for: Flexible strings; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371711
aus dem Film "Comedian Harmonists"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 290213
Sudien und Übungen
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 489684
for: Piano
Item no.: 218114
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 125646
for: Piano
Item no.: 356752
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 553349
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 306899
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 191704
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 109486
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