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Otros Aires is an Argentine 21st-century tango music group founded in 2003 in Barcelona by Argentine musician and architect Miguel Di Genova.. Otros Aires mixes early tango and milonga structures from the beginning of the 20th century (Gardel, Razzano, D'Arienzo, etc.) with electronic sequences, melodies and lyrics from the 21st century.
Two dancers of Argentine tango on the street in Buenos Aires. Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. [1] It typically has a 2 4 or 4 4 rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC.
Don Juan – or Don Juan (el taita del barrio) – is an Argentine tango, whose music was composed (at least in his greater part) by Ernesto Ponzio, and lyrics written afterwards by Ricardo Podestá. [1] [2] Jorge Luis Borges referred to his friend Poncio's composition as "one of the earliest and best tangos". [3]
Julio Jorge Nelson (born Isaac Rosofsky; 27 April 1913 – 6 March 1976) was a leading Argentine tango musician. He helped establish the cult of Carlos Gardel and wrote several tangos. He helped establish the cult of Carlos Gardel and wrote several tangos.
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]
Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It typically has a 2 4 or 4 4 rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC. Its lyrics are marked by nostalgia, sadness, and laments for lost love.
Tanghetto released their first album, Emigrante (electrotango), in 2003.It was inspired in the economic crisis that Argentina was facing in 2001 and also in the feelings of distress generated by the massive exile of many young Argentines, that decided to flee from their country, in a desperate move to find a future.
Famous versions of this tango include Carlos Gardel's and performances by orchestras led by Juan d'Arienzo, Osvaldo Pugliese and Astor Piazzolla. "La cumparsita" is very popular at milongas; it is a common tradition for it to be played as the last dance of the evening. [12] It is sometimes referred to as "the National Anthem of Tango".