[TANGO-L] FEMALE TANGO SINGERS

[Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990 @HOTMAIL.COM>]

JANIS tells us: " It's no surprise that tango dancers aren't familiar with
female tango
singers.  Their recordings were never permitted in the milongas of Buenos
Aires, and still are not played by any DJ in Buenos Aires. "

As you remember tango was considered to be an indecent dance at the
beginning  and therefore no lady of good reputation would have anything to
do with it, either dancing or singing.
Tango belonged in the realm of men and women leading a bad life.

The first female tango singers had to dress as a man in order to be
acceptable. There are many pictures of those times showing this tango of
singer travesties.

The tango music with singers can be initially be divided in two types. The
one where the singer is one more instrument of the orchestra .
Here the music plays for a while then the singer appears without disturbing
the dancers at all, then he disappears allowing the rest of the musical
tango to be played alone. This obviously is very good music for dancing.
(Angel Vargas and many others).

The other group has music that is a complement to the singer. The vocal
artist starts to sing from the very beginning of the tango and continues
doing so till the end. The music is dedicated to the artist and generally
speaking is a complement to the vocalization and its variations rather than
to the dance. This is not good music for dancing. (Edmundo Rivero, Julio
Sosa, Carlos Gardel).

Female singers  belong (usually) in this second group being this (IMO) the
only reason their tangos are not selected for dancing.

Have a very nice day!
Sergio
Argentina

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