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There are 6 messages totalling 180 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Mystery songs 2. MISC: CD-Question (2) 3. what leverl of dancer are you 4. 1) Lunfardo & 2) Spanish List 5. Lunfardo (part 2)


Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 23:11:22 EST From: Charles Roques <Crrtango @AOL.COM> Subject: Mystery songs Fellow tangueros/as, I'm trying to find a couple of songs. Maybe someone can help me. They are both milongas and great dancing numbers. One I know as "Parque Patricio" but not sure of artist, maybe Lomuto? The other is called "El Divorcio" (the divorce), with a very infectious melody line, and the singer interjecting talking phrases between some of the sung ones. Don't know the artist but can't forget the song :-) Any help would be much appreciated. Charles Roques


Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:27:15 -0800 From: Ruddy Zelaya <ruddy.zelaya @ENG.SUN.COM> Subject: Re: MISC: CD-Question Sabine, I have the CD. Got it at Tower Records. I'll send you the album info tomorrow. It is not a compilation. It's a guy (BTW, I think his name is Thierry not Phierry) who plays tangos and milongas on a trumpet. Peculiar. Definitely not to be played at a milonga. Think Canadian Brass playing tangos except that it's only one trumpet. --- ruddy >Hello list, > >I was asked by a friend of mine if I know and know where to get the >following CD: > >Tangos y Milongas. The Heart of Argentine Tangos. With Phierry Caens, trumpet. > >The whole thing is not quite clear to me - is it a compilation or are all >the Tangos and Milongas played by trumpet and so on. Sorry. But maybe >somebody can give me a hint; Tangos played by a trumpet are not that common... > >Thanks > >Sabine


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:56:37 -0800 From: JC Dill <tango @VO.CNCHOST.COM> Subject: Re: what leverl of dancer are you On 03:09 AM 12/19/99 , Natarajan Balasundara wrote: >May be another way to classify could be with respect >to the fidelity to music: > >- Beginner would be one who can step to the beat. > >- Intermediate someone who would know to follow > the music be on the beat as well as follow the > mood(that is between the steps) of the music. > >- Advanced could be someone whose dance interprets > music and enhances it. The problem here is that someone who is intuitively musical will thus be classified as an Intermediate (or even Advanced) dancer the moment they have taken their first AT lesson, even though their dance skills are not up to the musicality they instinctively demonstrate. The ability to step and move with balance and grace (and in partnership with your dance partner) is unrelated to the ability to hear and interpret the music. jc


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 12:51:34 -0600 From: "kata @pitton.com" <kata @PITTON.COM> Subject: 1) Lunfardo & 2) Spanish List I'm a Latin American geographer who works as a university Spanish instructor and translator. My specialty is Rioplatense language & culture. Right now I'm working on a book about Lunfardo, which I've been researching for 6 years -- I spend Spring & Fall in Baires, my second home. Since I'm coming to the end of the project, I'm double-checking everything & looking "one last time" for long-lost leads I've heard about. I understand that there's an out-of-print multi-media CD-ROM about the history of tango which included a Lunfardo glossary. I'd like to know if anyone in the list has it -- or at least knows the title or can confirm that it contains a glossary. Perhaps I should emphasize that I'm looking for Lunfa terms used in the lyrics, not for Spanish terms used to describe dance moves, etc. Any information would be welcome and appreciated. Also, I'd like to know if there's a Spanish-language tango list. MTIA, Kate mailto:kata @pitton.com


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:54:31 -0800 From: Ruddy Zelaya <ruddy.zelaya @ENG.SUN.COM> Subject: Re: MISC: CD-Question Sabine, here's the info you requested. --- ruddy Tangos y Milongas The Heart of Argentinian Tango Thierry Caens Trumpet & Flugelhorn Gustavo Beytelmann Piano Patrice Caratini Double-bass Juan Jose Mosalini Bandoneon Disques Pierre Verany - PV795052 15 Rue Guyton-de-Morveau 75013 Paris, France 1. El Portenito 2. Romance de Barrio 3. Los Mareados 4. El Dia Que Me Quieras 5. Taquito Militar 6. Fuimos 7. Elegie 8. Corralera 9. Niebla de Riachuelo 10. Caseron de Tejas 11. La Cumparsita


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:37:58 -0600 From: "kata @pitton.com" <kata @PITTON.COM> Subject: Lunfardo (part 2) At 12:51 PM 12/29/99 -0600, kata @pitton.com wrote: >8< SNIP >8 I understand that >there's an out-of-print multi-media CD-ROM about the history of tango which >included a Lunfardo glossary. I'd like to know if anyone in the list has it >-- or at least knows the title or can confirm that it contains a glossary. Well, I've got an up-date & I thought I would share this in case anyone else is interested: The now-unavailable multi-media CDROM is "Un Siglo de Tango" -- it's in Spanish & has a few hundred tango lyrics, many film clips, a few dozen biographies, several complete recordings & a 3500-term lunfardo dictionary. If anyone has this, please email me privately. Thanks! Kate mailto:kata @pitton.com


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