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Buenos Aires, Argentina is the birthplace of the tango. ... Montevideo, Uruguay has also
been an important city in the emergence and development of the tango
(Mendez, 21). ...
Nobody knows what the word tango actually means. ... There are many African rhythms in the dance though and some people think that the name came from the cities in Angola and Mali (in Africa) named Tango. ...
The tango, as it developed, was a mixture of past and present musical
types and cultures of the people. One musical type was the milonga but
with the tango it took on a two and four beat which was much more energetic than
it had originally been (Collins, 41). Other musical types evident in the
tango are the canzonetta, brought from far away by travelers and
immigrants and the condombe which came from Africa. The condombe is
credited with giving the tango its unique beat.
When the tango was first created, the usual instruments used were the
violin, the flute and the guitar. The instrument that is most closely
related to the tango, however, is the bandonion. ... It is no longer part of music in Germany and is
also not manufactured there anymore.
In both Buenos Aires and Montevideo, the tango developed in the modest
areas of town as a form of entertainment for the people. It was said
that the tango is the "only authentic Argentinean art" and “the music
that distinguished the country".
Many of the people who wrote the words to the tango music are referred to as poets. ... He had such a love for reading that he learned many Buenos Aires idioms and developed a love for the tango. He began contributing line to tango songs when he was only 16 years old. He wrote a hit tango in 1933 called "La Novena". ... Bigeschi loved soccer and even dedicated a tango to the team he loved the most called "Campeon" and one to the team’s biggest rivals called "River Plate".
Approximate Word count = 1542
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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