Re: [TANGO-L] tango fusion

[Suzanne Miller <s.miller @UTORONTO.CA>]

Tango music was popular all over Europe, Russia, Turkey, etc from the 1920s
through the 1950s and beyond.  We have beautiful music from Russia, 1920s
era and from Turkey, 1950s era, as well as from many other countries which
maintain a certain tango rhythm, and the language, temperment and genre, in
terms of subject matter, of the time and place.  Some are very danceable,
others are more suited to listening, many are full of charm and nostalgia.

It would be interesting to compile a list of non-Buenos Aires tango music
from around the world, of different eras, if that hasn't already been done
on this list.

from Suzanne in Toronto
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda~" <tangaux02  @YAHOO.COM>
To: <TANGO-L  @MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 1:29 PM
Subject: [TANGO-L] tango fusion


> As one who LOVES musical hybrids, I find Carlos Amok s question
>
> interesting: is it possible to fuse tango with other music forms that are
not
>
> American?
>
>
>
> And I guess that theoretically, yes, you could.  Pugliese includes
elements
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> of Japanese music in the tango  Buenos Aires-Tokio.   I ve been listening
to
>
> Narcotango lately, and I find glimpses of tabla drums in one track.  One
of
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> my best friends and I wondered whether it was possible to find a fusion of
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> Middle Eastern music and tango (she does belly dance).  I m still looking.
I
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> haven t had the pleasure of hearing Turkish tangos, but I imagine there
might
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> be something both dances can use.
>
>
>
> But back to the question: can tango be mixed with other (western or
non-western)elements of music? And if so, how well does that fusion work?
Is the spirit of tango
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> still intact? Also, how much fusion can you do before it ceases to be
tango?
>
>
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> It s all very well to conduct musical experiments, mixing this with that,
but in
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> the end, the music has to touch a chord within.  If the resulting music
doesn t
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> move you somehow, it won t work, no matter how good the idea looked on
paper.
>
> On the other hand, making mistakes is part of the discovery process.  One
hopes
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> to keep trying until something works.
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>
>
> Alberto Gesualdi, whose opinions are always valuable to the list, has
given us
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> some idea.  I think it s great that David Byrne, who did a lot for
introducing
>
> Americans to Brazilian music, is now interested in working with El
Arranque.
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>
>
> Tango and samba?  Tango and raga?  Tango and klezmer?  Who knows?
>
> Abrazos, Linda
>
>
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