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Classically trained musicians weren't associated with tango music until Julio De Caro, violinist, formed an orchestra in 1920 and made the tango more elegant, complex and refined, as well as changing the time signature of most pieces from 2/4 to 4/4.
The origin of this tango craze can be traced to the first local tango song that was produced in 1914 by Emil Kauppi, and first, finish tango tunes in the 1920s and 1930s. While initially Tango was danced mostly in Helsinki, it eventually became popular across the entire country, with several festivals being formed to celebrate the dance.
El Tango by Uruguayan painter Pedro Figari. In the early years of the 20th century, dancers and orchestras from Buenos Aires travelled to Europe, and the first European tango craze took place in Paris, soon followed by London, Berlin, and other capitals.
Apr 19, 2023 · Historian Simon Collier, in his book Tango, refers to the first eyewitness description of the dance in 1877, when the African Argentines were seen doing an improvisation of the candombe they...
Mar 15, 2024 · Omar García Brunelli provides a solid historical overview of tango music, dance, and poetry. He first broadly lays out tango’s African, European, Argentine, and Uruguayan origins in the Río de la Plata region of South America, then focuses on the musical changes that took place through time.
The early tangos were spirited and lively, but by 1920 the music and lyrics had become intensely melancholy. The tango step likewise evolved from early exuberance to a smoother ballroom step, and the prevailing duple metre (2 / 4) into 4 / 4, 4 / 8, or other tempo.
May 18, 2018 · The standard tango band, orquestra típica, of the 1920s and early 1930s was a sextet of two bandoneons, two violins, a piano, and a double bass. In the early 1920s the tango also became a form of popular song, marvelously perfected by the legendary baritone Carlos Gardel (1890–1935).
