Re: Recording Technology and Concert Tango

[Stephen Brown <Stephen.P.Brown @DAL.FRB.ORG>]

Astrid wrote:

>I would guess that concert tango arrived with the compositions of Astor
Piazzola. In my
>knowledge he was the first tango composer who made music designed for
>listening and not dancing, and maybe the only one who could call somebody
of
>the class of a Rachmaninov disciple his piano teacher.

Some of the orchestras from the golden age, such as Pugliese, Di Sarli,
Troilo and D'Arienzo all contributed to the transition to concert-style
tango music.  Also orchestras led by Alfredo Gobbi, Hector Varela, and
Florindo Sassone.  Many these transition era recordings retain the dance
beat, but have bigger orchestration and tempo shifts.  Some of these
orchestras may have been influenced by Astor Piazzolla (who had played with
Troilo and whose compositions had recorded by Pugliese), but many found
Piazzolla's music heretical to tango sensibilities.  It is perhaps ironic
that Piazzolla contributed to tango's survival and to its resurgence in
popularity.

--Steve de Tejas

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