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: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350182
for: Classical
Score
Item no.: 254237
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473965
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 273446
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 186767
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 222864
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score, CD
Item no.: 366169
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713515
for: 3 cellos, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713500
for: Kleines Orchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 1343496
Audio-CD
Item no.: 214656
for: Brass Ensemble (16 Players) & 5 Percussions
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650389
for: 2 Euphoniums & 2 Tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650171
for: 2 Euphoniums & 2 Tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649569
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649740
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090368
clarinet choir Eb clar, 3 Bb clar, alto Eb clar (4th Bb clarinet substitute part), 2 bass clar
for: Klarinettenchor
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531168
Tangos for Saxophone Quartet
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 683214
Single edition
Item no.: 207096
for: Accordion orchestra
Partitur
Item no.: 616079
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 312820
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 293852
for: Classical
Buch
Item no.: 248517
for: KLAV (E-ORG/AKK)
Item no.: 269172
for: Saxophone
Item no.: 410372
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 380285
für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 228567
for: String orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 211985
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score
Item no.: 334563
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score
Item no.: 1190842
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 273443
op. 165/2
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester) Fl II, Ob II, Klar II, Fag I, Fag II, Hn I/II
Item no.: 757239
for: Accordion
Item no.: 220855
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 220860
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