56  ballad for a mad man

Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:55:54 -0300
From: SMC Administracion <adm@SMCAR.COM.AR>
Subject: ballad for a mad man

Dear friends from Tango List

Today , the 4th of July 2001, will be 9 years from the physicall
disappearence of
Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla . He left more than 500 music scripts registered ,
with
his experiences into Tango with his unforgettable bandoneon .

I would like to quote an excerpt from one of the last interviews made to
Piazzolla,
this was in Chile in 1989 :
" "
When he was a boy, living in New York, he began to study the bandoneon and
had the opportunity to play--at 13--with Carlos Gardel, the legendary tango
singer. As an adolescent, he came back to Mar del Plata (Argentina) and
after some frustrating Accounting studies, he decided to devote himself
entirely to music. He was deeply in love with it and he knew that his
decision was final: "The music," he said, "is more than a woman, because you
can divorce a woman, but not music. Once you marry her, she is your
foreverlasting love, and you go to the grave with her."
" "

This last weekend, the outstanding bandoneonist Leopoldo Federico and his
trio , presented a special CD with Piazzolla Music .This is the best way to
honour Astor Pantaleon Piazzolla and his lovely music, indeed.

Warm regards
Alberto Gesualdi
Buenos Aires