Tracing Tangueros: Argentine Tango Instrumental Music
- Author: Link, Kacey
- Author: Wendland, Kristin
This book will perhaps be of most value and interest to practitioners seeking to understand better how to perform, arrange, or create tango music —
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Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction. Argentine Tango: A Multidimensional Art Form
- Part One: Argentine Tango Instrumental Music
- I. What Makes It an Argentine Tango?
- II. Trajectory of Argentine Tango Instrumental Music
- III. Arranging and Performance Techniques
- Part Two: Representative Argentine Tangueros and Their Orchestras from the Guardia Nueva to Today
- IV. The Guardia Nueva and the Golden Age (1925-55)
- Julio De Caro
- Anibal Troilo
- Osvaldo Pugliese
- Cafecito Interlude: Juan D'Arienzo and Carlos Di Sarli
- V. Post-Golden Age (1955-1990)
- Horacio Salgan
- Astor Piazzolla
- Julian Plaza
- Leopoldo Federico
- Cafecito Interlude: Rodolfo Mederos and Nestor Marconi
- VI. The Music of Buenos Aires (1990-present)
- Damian Bolotin
- Sonia Possetti
- Juan Pablo Navarro
- Postre: Part Two Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Titles and Translations
- General Index