LoginThe Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla
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Before Piazzolla, Argentinean tango, whether performed in a Buenos Aires waterfront dive or cafe society boïte, was primarily music for a dance famously described as a "vertical expression of a horizontal desire." But filtered through Piazzolla's cosmopolitan outlook and intellect, it became a sophisticated yet still searingly sexy fusion of Argentina's rural milonga and African derived candombe styles with American jazz, European pop and 20th-century classical influences. Today, it's hard to believe that nuevo tango initially raised howls of indignation as Piazzolla's spell-binding bandoneon (accordion) and com
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Manufacturer: World Music Network
Release date: 14 February 2005
EAN: 0605633114621 UPC: 605633114621
Release date: 14 February 2005
EAN: 0605633114621 UPC: 605633114621
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