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  2. History of the tango - Wikipedia

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    Between 1910 and 1920, tango featured on 2,500 of the 5,500 records released. [11] Men in Buenos Aires dance and play tango (ca. 1900) By 1912, dancers and musicians from Buenos Aires travelled to Europe and the first European tango craze took place in Paris, soon followed by London, Berlin, and other capitals. Towards the end of 1913, it hit ...

  3. Ángel Villoldo - Wikipedia

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    Another fundamental tango for which Villoldo wrote lyrics was "La morocha"; the lyrics were written for composer Enrique Saborido, who in 1906 embarked on a ship to Europe, and this is considered the first tango to become popular in Europe. Other standout musical works by Villoldo were include "El torito", "Cuidado con los 50", "Una fija ...

  4. Tango music - Wikipedia

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    Early bandoneón, constructed ca. 1905. Even though present forms of tango developed in Argentina and Uruguay from the mid-19th century, there are records of 19th and early 20th-century tango styles in Cuba and Spain, [3] while there is a flamenco tango dance that may share a common ancestor in a minuet-style European dance. [4]

  5. Tango - Wikipedia

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    Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Argentine Milonga, Spanish-Cuban Habanera, and Uruguayan Candombe celebrations. [1]

  6. Music of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Upper-classmen began taking an interest in tango, writer Ricardo Guiraldes performed tango during a tour of Europe in 1910 and has been credited with introducing tango in Europe. Guiraldes' introduction made tango the first Latin dance to gain popularity in Europe. Actor Rudolph Valentino performed the tango in his film The Four Horseman of the ...

  7. Finnish tango - Wikipedia

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    Brought to Europe in the 1910s, and to Finland itself in 1913, [1] by travelling musicians, Finns began to take up the form and write their own tangos in the 1930s. [2] The first Finnish tango was written by Emil Kauppi in 1914 for a film called Salainen perintömääräys (meaning The Secret Testament).

  8. Alberto Paz - Wikipedia

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    Alberto Bernardino Paz (April 16, 1943 – February 3, 2014) was an Argentine tango historian, teacher, and dancer. Alberto taught the traditional, social tango of the Buenos Aires salons, together with its codes and culture, to North Americans and Europeans.

  9. Jerzy Petersburski - Wikipedia

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    Jerzy Petersburski (20 April 1895 – 7 October 1979) was a Jewish Polish pianist and composer of popular music, renowned mostly for his Tangos, some of which (such as To ostatnia niedziela, Już nigdy and Tango milonga / English and German versions: Oh, donna Clara) were milestones in popularization of the musical genre in Poland and are still widely known today, more than half a century ...