Popular music from Buenos Aires Argentina

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Tango's intangible heritage of humanity, a music originally from my Argentine land, The name of Tango was inspired by a dialect of colonial America and an African idiom to refer to meeting places.


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It began in the middle of the nineteenth century, in the Province of Buenos Aires in the suburbs of Avellaneda, Sarandí, Barracas, La boca. Later, they began to listen in other cities such as Rosario and Santa Fe.

This popular music emerges from the lower classes as a manifestation of the unions of different cultures, Creoles, Africans, Uruguayans and other European immigrants, popular music of my people, a unanimous mode of expression, a true passion that surpasses the language barrier , Music widely heard in my country and in various parts of the world, in Japan is held once a year the world festival of Tango.

The language used to compose the glosses and letters is lunfardo, it was a popular expression, words that do not exist in the dictionary of the Spanish real language, a communication idiom, conjugate different expressions of the immigrants, lunfardo was a common language Of people from all countries, usually low-class people.
It originated in prisons, began as a prison language and soon spread to the lower and middle class, by the twentieth century lunfardo no longer had social barrier, so it is said that the tango is the popular expression.


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The tango beat, its nostalgic atmosphere resembles cuban music and candombe, belong to the same African roots, plus the music of the gauchos of the interior, but it is noteworthy that the tango is not derived from any dance before known.

It is a truly human expression, with valuable musical contributions, the genuine Rio de la Plata, the Cuban habanera and the milonga of Brazil plus the contributions of European immigrants, for all this cultural mixtures, is that the tango is full of emotions A real passion for my people.

Tango is an excessively popular music, in its beginnings it was forbidden in the upper classes, the Catholic church rejected music for its association with brothels and brothels, access to music was limited, only heard in the slums, in The ports, still lifes, prisons and brothels.

The tango went through many controversies to become the music that is heard today

The tango had several stages, the first stage is the primitive tango, the one of the suburbs, the suburban.

The second stage was called the old guard, here the tango had its own identity, began to play professional musicians this rhythm.

Then comes the new guard. The diffusion reaches international levels, for maturity and musical refinement.


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The Argentinean Tango Academy, I classify it as follows.

Origins of the tango (before 1895), La Guardia Vieja (1895-1925), The Hatching (1895-1909), Formalization (1910-1925), The New Guard (1925-1950) , The Forty: exaltation (1940-1955), The vanguard: the modernization (1955-1970), Contemporary period (1970-2000), The universalization (1970-1985), The perduration (1985-2000), Current period 2000 onwards)

In 1857, Santiago Ramos composed the first theme that was called "Tomá ​​mate, che", "Bartolo had a flute" or "Bartolo and" El chicoba ".

In the year 1870 the first tango ensemble was formed, a duo composed by Casimiro and Sinforoso, composing the theme "Concha Dirty", were considered as the father of tango.

In the year 1874 Eloísa de Silva composes the tango "El Queco", "Chinas

In the year 1876 the tango was composed «El merenguengué»,
In the year 1880 was composed several well-known subjects like "Home lady"), "Andate to the Recoleta", "El porteñito", "Tango n. 1 "," Give me the can "," What a dust with so much wind ".

In 1884, Casimiro Alcorta composed the tango "dirty shell" and was later changed to "dirty face", "la yapa", "entry prohibited", all these tangos were composed by Casimiro

In the year 1898 the tangos "El entrerriano", "tango", "El choclo" are composed.

In the year 1904 the tango "El pimpollo"

In 1905 the tangos "Patagones" were composed "El taita" "The life of the carretero"

In the year 1906 the tangos "El esquinazo", "Cuidado con los 50", "El tango de la muerte"

In the year 1907 the tangos "El negro alegre", "Creole falsificado", "You passed away", "Che, take the mold", "The Queen of Saba", "You understand me what I say", "No Arrugés that there is no one to iron "," Memories of the Pampa "," Cape fourth "," Tango of the blacks "

In the year 1910 the tango is separated from the milonga and the tangos are composed "El entrerriano", "Don Juan", "El choclo" "La morocha", "Don Juan".

This is a brief review of how the tango evolved over the years. There are different types of tangos or different inspiration to create or sing.

The tango suburban is the music of origin, that of popular expression, that of the slums, arrabalero comes from Arabic and means 'outside the walls'

Tango disillusionment, as the fundamental basis of its glosses or its lyrics is the amorous disappointment, in the tango the man cries and expresses his pain and his emotions, against face to the world where it says the man should not cry.

The Tango sexual desire, the origin of the tango makes references to dockworkers, people embarked, no possibility of contact with a woman and the days running weighs on their sexual desire, closely related to brothels, where they must pay to receive love , This is the plot of the lyrics of this type of tango.

The tango gender issue, is the typical macho tango, are controversial songs where the violence of gender, including femicide, shake in a mock volume.

The tango the passage of time, in this genre the lyrics are based on life itself, where the years passed, leaving things unfinished, children became great and for wandering or working hard missed the best moments of their lives.

There are other genres such as love, death, social problems and poetry.

The most known tangos are La Cumparsita, Caminito, Cambalache, Gira, Smoking I wait, For a head, My beloved Buenos Aires, The day that you want me, To return, Coffee the humidity.

Over the years there were countless musicians and songwriters of the tango would be impossible to name all, but as in all things there is always one that stands out. And they are worthy of being named.


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Carlos Gardel, the maximum allusion of the music, his songs were of dicado to the daily life, his subjects Volver, The day that you want to me, Downhill, For a head and Melody of suburb.

Ignacio Corsini, an Italian raised in Buenos Aires, composed the subject Patotero and interpreted the well-known Caminito. Known as one of the greatest s of popular music, dubbed as the Cantor Knight.

Hugo del Carril, writer, director, actor, singer, of an incredible and unmistakable voice, I interpret the mega tango La cumparsita.

Libertad Lamarque, "The Bride of America" ​​conquered many countries with their charming vos and their great tenderness, I interpret to some of the icons of the tango Honeysuckle

Aníbal Troilo or "Pichuco", Director, singer, absolute owner of the melancholic tango, made history with his music South and Garúa with his particular style.

Enrique Santos Discépolo The "Philosopher of tango" conquered the public of all generations with his Yira, yira, Cambalache.

Astor Piazzolla. Revolutionary of the tango, founder of the new tango, recognized worldwide for his theme Ballad for a madman.


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The tango, the immaterial heritage of humanity, music originating in my native Argentina, popular with the lower classes, a passion that overcame the language barrier with its own language, the lunfardo of prison origin, combining different dialects of immigrants, tango is the Maximum expression of my people.

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José Luis
Corrientes Argentina