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Apr 15, 2021 · Eight-year-old Astor Piazzolla, a street-smart New Yorker, wanted a baseball bat, a biographer would later recount. What he got was a bandoneón, a bulky instrument of rural German origin that...
Jul 13, 2021 · July 13, 2021 Kyle MacMillan 7 min read. This year marks the centennial of Astor Piazzolla, the Argentine composer-bandoneón master and inventor of nuevo tango, which transformed traditional tangos for the dance floor into concert works with jazz and classical music elements.
May 23, 2018 · Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992) was an Argentine musician who revolutionized the tango form, infusing that passionate, somewhat melancholy dance tradition with elements of classical music and jazz.
Astor Piazzolla Biography. An extraordinary musician, composer, and bandleader, Astor Piazzolla, the creator of New Tango, was born on March 11, 1921, in Mar del Plata, a seaside city some 248 miles south of Buenos Aires. He was just four years old when the family emigrated to New York City where, but for a brief attempt to return to Argentina ...
Jun 15, 2016 · June 15, 2016. “That’s Not Tango” may seem like an odd title for a musical biography about Astor Piazzolla. After all, no other composer did more to pluck tango out of the seedy, seething bars...
Jul 4, 1992 · Argentinian composer and instrumentalist who became the world's most celebrated advocate of the tango. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1930s - 1990s. Born. March 11, 1921 in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. Died. July 4, 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Genre. Latin, International, Jazz, Classical. Styles.
Piazzolla, Astor - Classical Music. How Argentina's Astor Piazzolla reinvented the tango, despite biting criticism back home. Get to know all the great composers at www.classical-music.com.
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