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  2. Histoire du Tango - Wikipedia

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    Histoire du Tango is a composition by tango composer Ástor Piazzolla, originally scored for flute and guitar in 1985 and published in 1986. [1] It is one of the most famous compositions by Piazzolla and is often played with different combinations, including violin or double bass substituted for the flute, and piano, harp or marimba substituted for the guitar.

  3. Astor Piazzolla - Wikipedia

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    Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (Spanish:, Italian: [pjatˈtsɔlla]; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music.

  4. The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night (Tango Apasionado)

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    Recorded in New York City in 1987, the album was produced by Kip Hanrahan and Piazzolla. [5] [6] Its music was originally developed as a theater performance about the history of the tango. [7] Piazzolla, who played the bandoneon, recorded the album with his Quinteto Tango Nuevo. [8] [9] Paquito D'Rivera played saxophone on Rough Dancer. [10]

  5. Nuevo tango - Wikipedia

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    Piazzolla's Quintento Nuevo Tango (1978–1988) with Astor Piazzolla, Fernando Suarez Paz, Hector Console, Horacio Malvicino and Pablo Ziegler was decisive for the worldwide success of Nuevo Tango. Sometime later, Piazzolla met jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, which led to the production of an album considered a classic of the genre: Summit. [12]

  6. Octeto Buenos Aires - Wikipedia

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    Octeto Buenos Aires promotional photo. The Octeto Buenos Aires was a legendary tango group formed in 1955 by the Argentine bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla.In 1958 the Octeto was disbanded and Piazzolla returned to New York City with his family where he struggled to make a living as a musician and arranger in the next stage of his career that would prove to be so ground-breaking in the history ...

  7. Suite Punta del Este - Wikipedia

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    Suite Punta del Este is a tango nuevo work for orchestral strings and a bandoneón written by the Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla in 1982. Punta del Este is a Uruguayan seaside resort where the artist spent many summers and particularly enjoyed shark fishing.

  8. Estaciones Porteñas - Wikipedia

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    The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, also known as the Estaciones Porteñas or The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, are a set of four tango compositions written by Ástor Piazzolla, which were originally conceived and treated as different compositions rather than one suite, although Piazzolla performed them together from time to time.

  9. Tango Argentino (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Tango Argentino recreates on stage the history of tango from its beginnings in 19th-century Buenos Aires through the tango's golden age of the 1940s and 50s up to Piazzolla's tangos. [3] Most of the dancers in the show did their own choreography. [4] Tango Argentino was a totally unexpected hit.