Argentinian Tango a History

Tango is the most representative artistic manifestation of Buenos Aires. It appeared around the end of the XIXth century, in the suburbs of a city, disturbed by changes and the spirit of modernity. As the years passed by, tango came to be an original mix of magnificence dance, musical richness and poetic deepness, virtues which made it worth of recognition and international admiration.
In tango, the inhabitants of the city find a universe of senses that form the fundamental features of its identity.
This book presents a journey among the history of tango, from its begennings to the present. The readers will find in its pages a story that, without pretending exhaustivity, offers a general aproach to the transformations of the genre, its best form and crisis, its main characters and some aspects of the socio-cultural context, which are fundamental to understand its development.
Indice del Contenido
INTRODUCTION
THE ORIGINS
The new Buenos Aires
Entertainment and recreational places
The musical antecedents
The first tangos
The dance
THE CONSOLIDATION OF TANGO
The transformations
The typical orchestra
The Old Guard 21
The Lunfardo
The tango in the world
The local valoration of tango
THE REVOLUTION OF THE GENRE
Musical Trends
Tango moves forward
The themes of tango
Carlos Gardel, the "creole thrush"
CRISIS AND REBIRTH
The infamous decade
The tango in the movies
The dance and the radio
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TANGO
A new poetry
The musicians who make school
The styles
A new nation
Tango and cinema
CRISIS AND TRANSFORMATION
The changes in tango
THE REVOLUTION
Astor Piazzolla
The tango in discussion
Sang tango
DIFFICULT YEARS AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTION
The Dictatorship
The tango and its audience
Piazzolla and the tango in the world
The new danced tango
END OF THE CENTURY AND PRESENT TIME
New spaces for tango
The proposals of the present time
BIBLIOGRAPHY