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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.
op. 165
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 753782
Honeyrock
for: 2 marimbas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 469303
for: Saxophone E-Flat and Piano
Book
Item no.: 240218
for: Fanfare Band
Item no.: 1709238
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 213473
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 189297
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 343728
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); double bass ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 730677
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 178178
for: 2 cellos, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 313311
Tango. Stimmen
Tango. Stimmen
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 340395
for: Accordion
Item no.: 605951
for: Descant recorder
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 559631
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 218111
for: 2 oboes, cor anlais [bassoon]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 468057
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 459904
16 latin dances
for four flutes
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 468119
for: Flexible youth concert band (5 parts)
Score (C)
Item no.: 1131561
for: Violin, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 357948
for: Guitar Sextet
Buch
Item no.: 271554
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1553033
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102988
Tango argentino
Arrangement
for: Horn (F), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 745259
Tango argentino
Arrangement
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 745253
for: 2 saxophones (AA/AT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 683759
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 291992
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 554688
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 769068
for: Saxophone
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 616938
for: Violin, viola
Score, Parts
Item no.: 623057
for: Posaune und Klavier
Score, solo part
Item no.: 1199742
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531171
for: 2 saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 649621
for: 3 clarinets (trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 583000
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 169305
for: 3 Blockflöten (SAT) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354576
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374985
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286729
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286711
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587688
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311669
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311668
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1311666
for: Flute
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 655960
Eight Tangos from Argentina and Finland for two Violoncellos
for: 2 cellos
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 675868
for: Violin, Viola, Violoncello & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1694426
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