949 tango book
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:24:18 -0500
From: sharon gates <sharon7301@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject: tango book
Hi folks,
Has any of you read this book - "Tango and I: The Life and Loves of Jorge Nel Giraldo" by Phyllis Barash.
And can you recommend any other tango books?
Thanks,
Sharon.
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:32:34 +0100
From: Eero Olli <eero.olli@ISP.UIB.NO>
Subject: Re: tango book
The best book on tango I have seen is "Paper Tangos” by Julie Taylor. She
is a retired American ballet dancer who trained herself to an
anthropologist, married an Argentinean, and moved to Argentina. She has
the ability to connect to people, but simultaneously describe tango as a
phenomena rooted into the local culture. She draws an interesting parallel
between the terror of the junta and tango as a dance. The function the
dance has in a society and for these people dancing tango.
Her language is both poetic and mesmerizing. The book is very personal, but
not about herself. She is using her experiences to show what is happening
for people who dance tango. Her professional gaze is amazingly sharp, and
brightens my day. Finally a social scientist who is not blinded by
stockings or smart suits. The book is kind of heavy (easy to read, but it
demands engagement of you as a reader), as tango is not anything to be
taken lightly.
If you are willing to challenge your own views of what tango is about, try it.
I love the book, because it is free for all the clichés.
Sincerely,
Eero
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 04:31:13 -0000
From: John Ward <jmward@BUN.COM>
Subject: Re: tango book
Here are some tango books I have read:
Firstly "Tango and the Political Economy of Passion", by Marta E. Savigliano
(Westview Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8133-1638-3, paperback). Ms Savigliano is
assistant professor of dance history at the University of
California-Riverside and describes herself as a Latina feminist intellectual
and boy does it show. This is definitely not lightweight reading. Here is a
sample passage:
Among exotics, exoticism is a way of representing not only cultural
uniqueness but also respective exotic conditions. In addition, in marketing
the tango, argentinos and Japanese situated each other within the "community
of exotics" - in full awareness of the grotesque results. A parody of
exoticism? Some drawings from early tango sheet music display the exotic
Orient, Africa, and Japan in the figure of the Odalisk, the Tribal King, and
the Geisha.
The book deals with the exploitation of South Americans, women, and other
have-nots, and their classification as exotic, and therefore harmless - I
think. I must confess most of it goes right over my head. There are plenty
of pictures, all very muddy and badly reproduced. For intellectuals only.
"Tango Nostalgia: the Language of Love and Longing", by Pirjo Kukkonen
(Helsinki University Press, 1996, ISBN 951-570-286-0, paperback) deals with
the themes of tango lyrics, not the music or the dance itself. The first
third of the book deals with Argentine lyrics and the themes of love, death,
sadness, woman as madonna/whore, male inadequacy etc. Then follows a brief
round-up of British, German, Swedish and other European tangos. "Never do a
Tango with an Eskimo", as sung by Alma Cogan, gets a mention.The rest of the
book deals with Finnish lyrics. The longing for home, the countryside, or
for a past which never existed, features strongly, hence the book's title.
Nearly all the lyrics are given in the original language and an English
prose translation, though one is translated into Italian and Swedish but not
English, and another (the classic "Satumaa") is given metrical Swedish and
English translations that fit the music so the reader can sing along. A very
scholarly book, but I found it easier to get along with than the Savigliano.
No illustrations.
"The Tango and how to Dance it", by Gladys Beattie Crozier (Andrew Melrose,
London, 1913) is a very difficult book to get. After many months, Bristol
Library managed to get the British Library's own copy which I was allowed to
take home. I fully expected to have to read it in the library, under the
eagle eye of the chief librarian.
A great many figures are described, including the Promenade and the Eight.
These do not correspond to the promenade or ocho that we know. 32
photographs illustrate the figures. There is a chapter on tango music. There
didn't seem to be very much available in Europe at the time. 16 tunes are
described, of which the only
one I know is "El Choclo". I have heard of "La Rumba", but never heard it
played. The biggest hit of the time seems to have been "Chispa", by Maria
Gutierrez-Ponce. An extract of the sheet music is reproduced. "La
Cumparsita" was of course four years in the future. Crozier recommends a
record with "La Rumba" on one side and "Amampa" on the other (orchestra not
named) and says one can dance to them in turn for a whole evening. I must
say the idea doesn't appeal to me. The record cost 5.5 shillings - about
half a week's
wages for a lot of people. 12 piano rolls were available, of which the most
expensive was "Myosotis" (sounds like a disease, doesn't it) at 10.5
shillings.
A chapter is devoted to places to dance the tango. All of them very
aristocratic - if there was anywhere ordinary peasants could go, there is no
mention of it. Prices are frighteningly expensive - the 400 Club charged 105
shillings membership, 10 shillings joining fee, and 6 shillings at the door.
You had to pass a rigorous vetting by the committee as well. I will never
complain about present-day prices again.
There is a long chapter on what to wear for the tango. Madam Lucile's seemed
to be the place to go for fancy frocks. Prices are not given. Presumably if
you had to ask, you couldn't afford them. Black was the in colour.
Other chapters deal with the tango and fancy dress, children's tango
parties, and tango on roller skates. A very interesting look at the start of
the tango craze.
"Modern Dancing", by Mr and Mrs Vernon Castle (World Syndicate Co, New York,
1914) is a very elegantly produced volume in blue cloth with gold titling
and a tinted photograph of Vernon and Irene on the front cover. I had no
difficulty getting a copy from AbeBooks. It book deals with all ballroom
dances fashionable at the time, including the one-step ("the most popular of
all dances") and maxixe (which we know as the samba) The waltz appears in
the form of the hesitation waltz, with its frequent pauses. The
old-fashioned version with its constant 1-2-3 timing was very passi. The
Castles are at pains to point out that one should pause when the music
pauses, and not to a strict sequence. The foxtrot doesn't get a mention.
According to PJS Richardson, this first appeared in New York in the summer
of 1914 and the Castles' book would have gone to press by then.
A curious item is the half and half, danced to music in 5/4 time. I thought
I knew something of the history of popular music but I had never heard of
this. Richardson doesn't mention it at all.
The tango dominates the Castles' book. They claim it originated in Spain
rather than Argentina, and never mention brothels. They liken it in its
elegance and complexity to the minuet. "The only drawback" they say, "is
that all teachers teach it differently." A number of figures are described,
including the promenade, which is now recognisable as the one taught in
ballroom classes today. There is also a tango variant, called the
innovation. The partners stand close together but do not touch. Otherwise
the steps are the same as the ordinary tango. I had heard a tune called
"Castle Innovation Tango" (recorded by the Tango Project in the 1980s) but
never knew it as a dance in its own right, although present-day London
teacher Christine Denniston makes her students do an exercise which is very
similar.
Other chapters deal with etiquette, ladies' fashion, how to organise a tea
dance, and a riposte to those clergymen and others who disapprove of the
whole idea of ballroom dancing. Plenty of pictures, all full-page and of the
rather muddy quality usual at the time. Some of them show the delectable
Irene in a diaphonous skimpy little number. A charming glimpse into a world
about to be shattered forever.
"The History of English Ballroom Dancing" by PJS Richardson (Wyman & Sons,
London, 1946) is the standard history of ballroom dancing from 1910 to 1945,
written by the man who made ballroom what it is today. Plenty of detail on
the various committees and conferences devoted to standardising and
formalising the dances (including the tango). Here is an extract:
M. Maurice then addressed the meeting . . . . . .he protested against the
admission of jazz music and dubious steps into decent places, emphatically
insisting that they originated in low negro haunts and had au fond a
prurient significance.
Can't have that, old boy, what? Essential reading for the ballroom fanatic
and not too difficult to get.
Now a couple of books I have heard of but not read:
"Masculinities: Football, Polo and the Tango in Argentina" by Eduardo P
Archetti is available from Amazon and to judge from the reviews posted by
readers is as impenetrable as the Savigliano. Rather expensive too at 55
dollars.
"Tango on intohimoni" (tango is my passion) by M.A. Numminen is available in
Finnish, Swedish, and German but not English. I believe it is a
semi-autobiographical novel.
John Ward
Bristol UK
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 07:58:51 -0700
From: Brian Dunn <Brian@DANCEOFTHEHEART.COM>
Subject: Re: more tango books
I agree with Eero about "Paper Tangos", and also agree with John Ward about
"Tango and the Political Economy of Passion" - I once met Marta Savigliano,
and found her personable and fascinating. But her book seems to labor under
several competing constraints, including following a certain academic
fashion, stylewise. But I've found wonderful material in Savigliano that
I've found nowhere else.
A few more recommendations:
"Tango!" (Collier/Azzi/Cooper/Martin) Glossy paperback, great first
reference, excellent survey work of the history, the music and the dance,
created by those who love and know it. I come back to it over and over.
"Paul Pellicoro on Tango" (Paul Pellicoro) and "Quickstart to Tango" (Jeff
Allen), two superficially similar paperbacks which combine a little history
from a mostly East Coast North American perspective with some introductory
instruction material and interviews. One of a series of "Quickstart to.."
social dance books, Jeff's book takes a ballroom-dance perspective with some
inclusion of authentic Argentine tango as well. Paul Pellicoro's book is
brand-new, and contains a wealth of utterly fascinating interviews with some
of tango's major personalities, young and old, both well-known and
relatively obscure. While some have been published before in places like
NYC's "ReporTango," Paul's done us a great service in collecting all of them
in one place and providing a context for them. Paul's own story revealed
here sheds interesting light on his role in the resurgence of tango in North
America in the 1980's.
"Le Grand Tango - The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla" Wonderfully
informative, it provides a great sense of life in the Tango music world from
the Golden Age to the near-present, along with the biography of Piazzolla.
I got all four of the above books off the shelf at Barnes & Noble, so they
should be widely available.
Somewhat more obscure selections include:
"Tango: The Structure of the Dance" (Mauricio Castro) offers a book/CD ROM
set that includes Mauricio's tango teaching philosophy, along with exercises
and analysis. A comprehensive approach to teaching tango that reflects
background in Nuevo Tango as well as integration with other disciplines such
as Neuro Linguistic Programming. In some ways I've found the CD ROM more
useful than the book. One of a series, it is available from
www.tangodiscovery.com., along with...
"Tango: an Anxious Quest for Freedom" (Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel) - As cast
members in the 1980's production "Tango Argentino" the Dinzels bring a
priceless perspective to tango's resurgence. A deeply personal and
comprehensive meditation on the author's lives in tango. Includes a lot of
reflection on technique and choreography.
(Update - both of the above are now available at Amazon)
"The Tao of Tango" (Johanna Seigmann) A pleasantly engaging account of the
author's immersion in tango, her reflections on the balance of male-female
energies in tango, and exercises she uses in her classes. Available from
www.trafford.com.
Abrazos,
Brian Dunn
Dance of the Heart
Boulder, Colorado USA
1(303)938-0716
https://www.danceoftheheart.com
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:31 PM
To: TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [TANGO-L] tango book
Here are some tango books I have read:
Firstly "Tango and the Political Economy of Passion", by Marta E. Savigliano
(Westview Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8133-1638-3, paperback). Ms Savigliano is
assistant professor of dance history at the University of
California-Riverside and describes herself as a Latina feminist intellectual
and boy does it show. This is definitely not lightweight reading. Here is a
sample passage:
Among exotics, exoticism is a way of representing not only cultural
uniqueness but also respective exotic conditions. In addition, in marketing
the tango, argentinos and Japanese situated each other within the "community
of exotics" - in full awareness of the grotesque results. A parody of
exoticism? Some drawings from early tango sheet music display the exotic
Orient, Africa, and Japan in the figure of the Odalisk, the Tribal King, and
the Geisha.
The book deals with the exploitation of South Americans, women, and other
have-nots, and their classification as exotic, and therefore harmless - I
think. I must confess most of it goes right over my head. There are plenty
of pictures, all very muddy and badly reproduced. For intellectuals only.
"Tango Nostalgia: the Language of Love and Longing", by Pirjo Kukkonen
(Helsinki University Press, 1996, ISBN 951-570-286-0, paperback) deals with
the themes of tango lyrics, not the music or the dance itself. The first
third of the book deals with Argentine lyrics and the themes of love, death,
sadness, woman as madonna/whore, male inadequacy etc. Then follows a brief
round-up of British, German, Swedish and other European tangos. "Never do a
Tango with an Eskimo", as sung by Alma Cogan, gets a mention.The rest of the
book deals with Finnish lyrics. The longing for home, the countryside, or
for a past which never existed, features strongly, hence the book's title.
Nearly all the lyrics are given in the original language and an English
prose translation, though one is translated into Italian and Swedish but not
English, and another (the classic "Satumaa") is given metrical Swedish and
English translations that fit the music so the reader can sing along. A very
scholarly book, but I found it easier to get along with than the Savigliano.
No illustrations.
"The Tango and how to Dance it", by Gladys Beattie Crozier (Andrew Melrose,
London, 1913) is a very difficult book to get. After many months, Bristol
Library managed to get the British Library's own copy which I was allowed to
take home. I fully expected to have to read it in the library, under the
eagle eye of the chief librarian.
A great many figures are described, including the Promenade and the Eight.
These do not correspond to the promenade or ocho that we know. 32
photographs illustrate the figures. There is a chapter on tango music. There
didn't seem to be very much available in Europe at the time. 16 tunes are
described, of which the only
one I know is "El Choclo". I have heard of "La Rumba", but never heard it
played. The biggest hit of the time seems to have been "Chispa", by Maria
Gutierrez-Ponce. An extract of the sheet music is reproduced. "La
Cumparsita" was of course four years in the future. Crozier recommends a
record with "La Rumba" on one side and "Amampa" on the other (orchestra not
named) and says one can dance to them in turn for a whole evening. I must
say the idea doesn't appeal to me. The record cost 5.5 shillings - about
half a week's
wages for a lot of people. 12 piano rolls were available, of which the most
expensive was "Myosotis" (sounds like a disease, doesn't it) at 10.5
shillings.
A chapter is devoted to places to dance the tango. All of them very
aristocratic - if there was anywhere ordinary peasants could go, there is no
mention of it. Prices are frighteningly expensive - the 400 Club charged 105
shillings membership, 10 shillings joining fee, and 6 shillings at the door.
You had to pass a rigorous vetting by the committee as well. I will never
complain about present-day prices again.
There is a long chapter on what to wear for the tango. Madam Lucile's seemed
to be the place to go for fancy frocks. Prices are not given. Presumably if
you had to ask, you couldn't afford them. Black was the in colour.
Other chapters deal with the tango and fancy dress, children's tango
parties, and tango on roller skates. A very interesting look at the start of
the tango craze.
"Modern Dancing", by Mr and Mrs Vernon Castle (World Syndicate Co, New York,
1914) is a very elegantly produced volume in blue cloth with gold titling
and a tinted photograph of Vernon and Irene on the front cover. I had no
difficulty getting a copy from AbeBooks. It book deals with all ballroom
dances fashionable at the time, including the one-step ("the most popular of
all dances") and maxixe (which we know as the samba) The waltz appears in
the form of the hesitation waltz, with its frequent pauses. The
old-fashioned version with its constant 1-2-3 timing was very passi. The
Castles are at pains to point out that one should pause when the music
pauses, and not to a strict sequence. The foxtrot doesn't get a mention.
According to PJS Richardson, this first appeared in New York in the summer
of 1914 and the Castles' book would have gone to press by then.
A curious item is the half and half, danced to music in 5/4 time. I thought
I knew something of the history of popular music but I had never heard of
this. Richardson doesn't mention it at all.
The tango dominates the Castles' book. They claim it originated in Spain
rather than Argentina, and never mention brothels. They liken it in its
elegance and complexity to the minuet. "The only drawback" they say, "is
that all teachers teach it differently." A number of figures are described,
including the promenade, which is now recognisable as the one taught in
ballroom classes today. There is also a tango variant, called the
innovation. The partners stand close together but do not touch. Otherwise
the steps are the same as the ordinary tango. I had heard a tune called
"Castle Innovation Tango" (recorded by the Tango Project in the 1980s) but
never knew it as a dance in its own right, although present-day London
teacher Christine Denniston makes her students do an exercise which is very
similar.
Other chapters deal with etiquette, ladies' fashion, how to organise a tea
dance, and a riposte to those clergymen and others who disapprove of the
whole idea of ballroom dancing. Plenty of pictures, all full-page and of the
rather muddy quality usual at the time. Some of them show the delectable
Irene in a diaphonous skimpy little number. A charming glimpse into a world
about to be shattered forever.
"The History of English Ballroom Dancing" by PJS Richardson (Wyman & Sons,
London, 1946) is the standard history of ballroom dancing from 1910 to 1945,
written by the man who made ballroom what it is today. Plenty of detail on
the various committees and conferences devoted to standardising and
formalising the dances (including the tango). Here is an extract:
M. Maurice then addressed the meeting . . . . . .he protested against the
admission of jazz music and dubious steps into decent places, emphatically
insisting that they originated in low negro haunts and had au fond a
prurient significance.
Can't have that, old boy, what? Essential reading for the ballroom fanatic
and not too difficult to get.
Now a couple of books I have heard of but not read:
"Masculinities: Football, Polo and the Tango in Argentina" by Eduardo P
Archetti is available from Amazon and to judge from the reviews posted by
readers is as impenetrable as the Savigliano. Rather expensive too at 55
dollars.
"Tango on intohimoni" (tango is my passion) by M.A. Numminen is available in
Finnish, Swedish, and German but not English. I believe it is a
semi-autobiographical novel.
John Ward
Bristol UK
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:34:28 -0700
From: Tom Stermitz <Stermitz@RAGTIME.ORG>
Subject: Re: tango book
John Ward wrote:
>Firstly "Tango and the Political Economy of Passion", by Marta E. Savigliano
>(Westview Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8133-1638-3, paperback). Ms Savigliano is
>assistant professor of dance history at the University of
>California-Riverside and describes herself as a Latina feminist intellectual
>and boy does it show. This is definitely not lightweight reading. Here is a
>sample passage:
>...of pictures, all very muddy and badly reproduced. For intellectuals only.
>
Savigliano's book actually has two themes. One of them very
intellectual and academic, but the other is more descriptive and
accessible. This was her PhD thesis, I believe.
If we can't always follow her arguments with post modernist
philosophers, there are still a lot of interesting themes about
male-female relations within the tango. Also the history of tango
situated within the history of dance is very, very cool.
Most of us do tango for fun, but we're also fascinated with all the
layers and meanings of tango. Anthropology, psychology, literary
theory and Semiotics have a lot to offer in understanding tango, even
if they use too many big words. These are approaches to analyzing
popular culture by looking at context, meanings and symbols.
For example: The "ritual of the milonga". or "What is the meaning of
high heels?" Can a woman really dance BETTER in heels? Or, maybe just
more "tango-esque".
What are the social symbols and meanings of participatory dance vs
spectacle dance, or Fantasy Tango vs Close-embrace tango, and why do
some people choose one or the other as being more significant to them
personally?
Tango isn't by random chance a dance of romance and seduction. Then
what does the unequal power relationship of tango (man leads, woman
follows) mean for modern people? Are we so modern in the end?
Paper Tangos also explores male-female power relationship.
I have been struck by the number of serious tango dancers who have
"issues" of power and even abuse in their personal stories.
--
Tom Stermitz
https://www.tango.org/
stermitz@tango.org
303-388-2560
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:42:13 EDT
From: Tango4You@AOL.COM
Subject: New Tango Book
Hi Tango People!
The next month will be in stores nationwide the book "The Tango in the United
States". Written by Carlos G. Groppa, the Editor of the magazine Tango
Reporter, this work chronicles the history of the Tango in the United States from
its antecedents in Argentina, Paris, and London to the present day. It covers
the dancers, musicians, and composers who were promoting it. Vernon and Irene
Castle, Valentino, Arthur Murray, Xavier Cugat, Hollywood movies, the Big Bands,
jazz singers who incorporate tangos with English lyrics into their
repertoires, and many others parade for the book together with Argentinean musicians who
performed in the country. Also de Argentinean musicians who performed in the
USA, as Fresedo, Cobian, Canaro, Gardel, Piazzolla and many others. To reserve
copies, please look at
www.amazon.com">www.amazon.com">www.amazon.com
www.McFarlandpub.com">www.McFarlandpub.com">www.McFarlandpub.com
or call 800-253-2187.
Thank you.
Danilo Bremer
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:27:05 -0500
From: Chan Park <Chan.K.Park@NASA.GOV>
Subject: The Best Tango Book...
Alex,
It is so irony that you think Shunryo Suzuki's "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" is the best tango book you have ever read. As you can find in my Tango Zen web site (https://TangoZen.com), I used many quotes from his book. In fact, the whole idea of Tango Zen started after I read the book about 5 years ago. Like yourself I have a number of books on Zen , but this is the one that I always keep in my backpack. Highly recommended to every tango dancer!
Chan
-------------Alex <alejandro.delmonte@NTLWORLD.COM> wrote:---------------
I used to practice (soto) Zen myself in times past, and just yesterday I was
browsing the only book on Zen I still keep --the rest felt superfluous so I
gave them away-- 'Zen's mind, beginners' mind' (Shunryo Suzuki), and I was
thinking... 'This is the best tango book I've ever read...' I'm sure you
know what I mean without my having to elaborate!
----- Original Message -----
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:18:42 EST
From: Polly McBride <ATANGO2@AOL.COM>
Subject: Tango Book
Hello,
Although this message may be better suited for the other list, since the
topic of books on tango has been raised here, I will risk posting this
information. Please forgive any inconvenience.
Although I've danced tango for about 14 years, in no way do I consider myself
an expert. When tango entered my life, I searched for reading material as a
reality check and to learn more about my newly discovered mysterious treasure.
After several years of still not being able to find anything that either
wasn't in Spanish or highly technical, I wrote "All Things Argentine Tango," a
collection of over 100 essays in simple language designed for folks who wanted to
find out more about the dance, and if what they were thinking and feeling
were "normal."
The book includes some basic technique on topics like walking, forward and
back ochos, but any attempt on my part to be encyclopedic or authoritative would
be ludicrous. A comprehensive volume (or 25) of technique written by any
expert or enthusiast would be subject to as many interpretations as there are
dancers.
ATAT includes Connection, Angst, Axis, Musicality, Building A Tango
Community, Dancing For Your Partner, Dancing from the Inside Out, Magical Moments,
Good Nights/Bad Nights, Varying the Salida, Roller Coaster Rides, and dozens more
topics that are intended to be informative, humorous, insightful, and
enjoyable.
Hopefully there are experts currently completing their research and working
on manuscripts that will enrich our tango experience.
Polly McBride
Portland OR
All Things Argentine Tango
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:31:49 +0000
From: Rick Jones <rwjones2001@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Tango Book Question...
Hi all,
I recently came across a copy of a coffee table-size book of tango photos,
lyrics, text, etc., called "Buenos Aires Ciudad Tango." It's in Spanish, so
my understanding of the details is somewhat sketchy. But it appears to have
been authored/edited by Manrique Zago, and the photographer was Jorge
Salatino. And it has some kind of seal and endorsement by the 'Secretaria
do Cultura de la Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires'.
It's clearly a tango book through and through (as opposed to a book simply
about Buenos Aires), and it's really nice. I can't comment on the lyrics,
poems, or text, but the photos are by and large beautiful.
I'd buy it in a heartbeat, except that the owner is asking $125.00 USD
because, he claims, it's a 1st Edition (1986).
I'd still consider buying it if -- but only if -- I was convinced that a 1st
Edition of this book is actually considered worth it by anyone with
reasonable knowledge of the book and reasonable credibility.
And so I ask...is anyone on Tango-L familiar with that book? Is a 1st
Edition (in mint shape) really worth a price anywhere near $125.00 USD?
Thanks,
Rick Jones
Washington DC
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:55:10 +0100
From: Andreas Wichter <andreas@tangokombinat.de>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango Books
To: tango-l@mit.edu
Hi everybody,
I?d like to recommend Gustavo Benzecry Saba?s "La Pista del Abrazo".
It is also available in German ("Auf der Spur der Umarmung"), French
(Sur la piste de l'etreinte") and English ("Embracing Tango").
It is available from https://www.abrazosbooks.com
The book is concerned with more or less all aspects of tango, is great
to browse through occasionally even after you?ve read through it and
provides great food for thought.
Oh, and in this case the author can actually really dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v3PUuMB8Wo
Regards,
Andreas
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:57:28 EST
From: Crrtango@aol.com
Subject: [Tango-L] Spanish tango books
To: tango-l@mit.edu
As per some requests, here is a list of a few books in Spanish about tango
that I bought in Buenos Aires and others that I got here along with my own
personal comments. I don't know where to find these now, other than checking on the
internet or in Hispanic bookstores.
I don't have Spanish figures on my keyboard so some names are missing tildes
and accent marks.
Francisco Canaro: Mis Memorias, Mis Bodas de Oro Con el Tango newly
published by Ediciones Corregidor, Bs, As. corregidor.com
My Memories, My Golden Anniversary with Tango. An autobiography, with a
mishmash of personal remembrances and lists of famous people he knew. Not great
writing and a little vainglorious at times but an invaluable source of historical
information and tidbits (with photographs). For example, Roberto Firpo wore a
rug. :-) Canaro was a giant of tango and knew literally everyone so this
is a good addition to any tango library.
Luis Adolfo Sierra: Historia de la Orquesta Tipica, Evolucion instrumental
del tango also published by Corregidor.
This is an excellent book and deals with the evolution of the tango orchestra
>from the early days of small combos of violin, flute, tuba and guitar (and
even the harp and cornet) how they evolved into the orquesta tipica with
acoustic bass (replacing the tuba) and piano (replacing the guitar), etc., and espe
cially the influence of the bandoneon. With pictures of some of the famous
orchestras.
Luis Labrana y Ana Sebastian: Tango, Una Historia Corregidor
A history of tango with references to the influences of immigration and the
social milieu that created
it. Good historical photographs of musicians and famous tango people from the
so-called "Golden Age."
Maria Susana Azzi: Antropologia del tango published by Ediciones de
Olavarria
As it says, it is more of an anthropological approach to tango but in the
form of short reminiscences by famous tango personages. No pictures.
Article in Todo es Historia magazine: Una Historia del Bandoneon by Miguel
Angel Scenna, from August 1974, issue no. 87
Excellent article about the history of the bandoneon. This might be hard to
find. I found it in a used book store in Buenos Aires. Cool picture of
D'Arienzo conducting his orchestra.
Also a couple of tango picture books:
Adriana Groisman: Tango, Nunca antes de la medianoche Ediciones Lariviere
All B&W photos of well-known milongas in Bs. As. with some famous dancers and
milongueros.
Isabel Munoz & Evelyne Pieller: Tango , published by Stewart, Tabori and
Chang, NY
Mostly corny, B&W photos of dancers legs with lingerie and fishnets, etc. (I
got this as a gift) but each photo is accompanied by a partial lyric from some
famous tango song.
Good luck with the search,
Charles
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Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:36:04 -0500
From: Ilene Marder <imhmedia@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Spanish tango books
To: Crrtango@aol.com
Cc: tango-l@mit.edu
My favorites tango books in spanish come as a two volume set...
/Inventario del Tango/ by Horacio Ferrer and Oscar Del Priore, covering
the period from 1849 thru 1998.
Ferrer & Del Priore are maestro's in their own right and these volumes I
find invaluable, especially if you are interested in the music.
published by the Fondo Nacional de Las Artes. Loads of fantastic photos,
lyrics, important dates, anecdotes...a treasure...
Ilene
Crrtango@aol.com wrote:
>As per some requests, here is a list of a few books in Spanish about tango
>that I bought in Buenos Aires and others that I got here along with my own
>personal comments. I don't know where to find these now, other than checking on the
>internet or in Hispanic bookstores.
>I don't have Spanish figures on my keyboard so some names are missing tildes
>and accent marks.
>
>Francisco Canaro: Mis Memorias, Mis Bodas de Oro Con el Tango newly
>published by Ediciones Corregidor, Bs, As. corregidor.com
>
>My Memories, My Golden Anniversary with Tango. An autobiography, with a
>mishmash of personal remembrances and lists of famous people he knew. Not great
>writing and a little vainglorious at times but an invaluable source of historical
>information and tidbits (with photographs). For example, Roberto Firpo wore a
>rug. :-) Canaro was a giant of tango and knew literally everyone so this
>is a good addition to any tango library.
>
>Luis Adolfo Sierra: Historia de la Orquesta Tipica, Evolucion instrumental
>del tango also published by Corregidor.
>This is an excellent book and deals with the evolution of the tango orchestra
>>from the early days of small combos of violin, flute, tuba and guitar (and
>even the harp and cornet) how they evolved into the orquesta tipica with
>acoustic bass (replacing the tuba) and piano (replacing the guitar), etc., and espe
>cially the influence of the bandoneon. With pictures of some of the famous
>orchestras.
>
>
>Luis Labrana y Ana Sebastian: Tango, Una Historia Corregidor
>
>A history of tango with references to the influences of immigration and the
>social milieu that created
>it. Good historical photographs of musicians and famous tango people from the
>so-called "Golden Age."
>
>Maria Susana Azzi: Antropologia del tango published by Ediciones de
>Olavarria
>As it says, it is more of an anthropological approach to tango but in the
>form of short reminiscences by famous tango personages. No pictures.
>
>Article in Todo es Historia magazine: Una Historia del Bandoneon by Miguel
>Angel Scenna, from August 1974, issue no. 87
>Excellent article about the history of the bandoneon. This might be hard to
>find. I found it in a used book store in Buenos Aires. Cool picture of
>D'Arienzo conducting his orchestra.
>
>Also a couple of tango picture books:
>
>Adriana Groisman: Tango, Nunca antes de la medianoche Ediciones Lariviere
>All B&W photos of well-known milongas in Bs. As. with some famous dancers and
>milongueros.
>
>Isabel Munoz & Evelyne Pieller: Tango , published by Stewart, Tabori and
>Chang, NY
>Mostly corny, B&W photos of dancers legs with lingerie and fishnets, etc. (I
>got this as a gift) but each photo is accompanied by a partial lyric from some
>famous tango song.
>
>Good luck with the search,
>Charles
>
>
>Check out AOL's list of 2007's
>hottest products.
>
>(https://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)
>
>
>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:51:31 +0100
From: desdelasnubes@web.de
Subject: [Tango-L] tango movies (formerly I wanna buy a tango book)
To: Victor Bennetts <Victor_Bennetts@infosys.com>, tango-l@mit.edu
> Incidentally, I also wanted to ask what are people's favourite tango movies and documentaries.
These are the tango films that I like a lot:
Sur, Argentina 1988. Director: Fernando Solanas, Music: Astor Piazolla, Roberto Goyeneche
The plot: In 1983, at the end of military dictatorship in Argentina, Floreal (Miguel Angel Sol?) is released
>from prison after a five year's sentence. He's longing for to come back to his wife Rosi (Sus? Pecoraro),
but the memories of the past resurface: flight and emprisonment, torture and murder, treason and jealousy, love and death.
He goes into the dark night of memory and meets the specters of the past: his dead friend Negro (Lito Cruz),
that was killed in the military dictatorship, Amadeo (Roberto Goyeneche), who in his tangos sings about the fragility of love,
the colonel Rasatti (Nathan Pinz?n), who tells about his former project "Sur" (South), the utopia of a better country,
and his father (Mario Lozano), the stuttering union member who kept his dignity in times of persecution.
Tangos - El exilio de Gardel. Argentina, France 1985. Director: Solanas, Music: Astor Piazzola among others.
An argentine dance group which was expelled by the military putsch in Argentina in 1976 to exile in Paris is rehearsing
a "tanguedia", a tango-musical which combines tragedy and comedy. The film has an open structure which is compared
to exile: you know when it begins, but you don't know when it ends. The different episodes are hold together by the
dancing scenes and the tango music.
I also love the films with Carlos Gardel that were shot by Paramount in the early 1930s, but they may not be easily available.
"Tango Bar" should be available.
"Melod?a de Arrabal", released in 1933. week after the release El Diario reported:
"Something strange happened last Sunday at Porteno Cinema.
They were showing Carlos Gardel's Melod?a de Arrabal, and when he was singing the tangos "Silencio"
and "Melod?a de arrabal", the audience interrupted the film with its applause and demanded that they
repeat the parts in which you can hear and see Gardel singing those tangos, as only he can do it."
"Cuesta abajo", released in 1934.
"El d?a que me quieras", released in 1935. Gardel himself wrote about this film a few days before his death:
"The film produced a wonderful impression on me, and I still think that it is my best work in films,
and that we have topped everything with its songs. I think that these songs will be hits"
There are plenty more tango films that I like, and some of them might seem obscure,
for instance I like a German silent film called "the tango queen", it's lovely, it's about a tango dancing contest.
I have programmed it for the cinema and we showed it with live bandone?n music accompaniment.
If you like to read more about Argentine tango films I recommend the book by Jorge Finkielman
"The Film Industry in Argentina. An illustrated Cultural History." London 2004.
Anna
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Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 20:30 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
From: "Chris, UK" <tl2@chrisjj.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] I wanna buy a tango book
Cc: tl2@chrisjj.com
Krasimir wrote
> Same thing with the author of this book - he knows practically nothing of
> AT walking. But writes a book and wants people to pay for it.
I guess you're referring to https://www.apassionfortango.com/site/walk.asp etc.?
As one who lives near this tango community, "Market Harborough, the very
centre of UK tango in the very heart of England" (according to its website) I
feel a word of explanation is in order.
Let's just say that the dancing is not that bad when you consider they have
only one milonga a month.
--
Chris
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:05:37 -0300
From: Ben Bogart <ben@benbogart.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Hard to Find Tango Books - Group Order
To: tango-l@mit.edu
<1f93efa50908100805v1c83ca65hd22589aa544318a2@mail.gmail.com>
Hello All,
I've been off the list for quite some time now, but I thought this might be
a good opportunity to rejoin. I'm placing a group order here in BA for some
hard to find tango music books. I thought there might be some dancers with
a music background who might be interested. I'm placing the final order on
August 16th so you have until then if you are interested. Here is the page
where you can order them:
https://www.tangojam.com/cms/content/view/29/72/
Here's a copy of the original announcement:
For a limited time Tango Jam Media is making 3 hard to find tango music
books available at discount prices. Take a look below and if you're
interested you can place an order for any of them here:
https://www.tangojam.com/cms/content/view/29/72/
But hurry they will only be available at these prices until August 16th.
<https://www.tangojam.com/cms/content/view/29/72/>
*Curso de tango by Horcio
Salg?n* * * *Available in English and Spanish *
Chapters Title (Spanish Version)
1. Curso de Tango
2. La evaluaci?n del tango
3. Creaci?n de los g?neros musicale
4. Distintos tipos de tango
5. Elementos de uso frecuente en el tango
6. La Armon?a
7. el piano
8. instrumentos de cuerda
9. el ?Arrastre?
10. El bandone?n
11. La guitarra
12. El clar?n
13. La orquesta
14. An?lisis
15. notas finales
<https://www.tangojam.com/cms/content/view/29/72/>
*La Orquesta T?pica by
Juli?n Peralta
* *Mec?nica y aplicaci?n de los fundamentos t?cnicos del Tango*
Arranging techniques for orquesta t?pica.
See *complete table of contents*
here<
https://www.tangojam.com/cms/images/stories/tapas/indice_la%20orquesta%20t%CDpica.pdf
>
Sections:
1. Fundamentos t?cnico
1. Estructra
1. Elementos constitutivos
1. Melod?a
1. Melod?as ligadas
2. Melod?as r?tmicas
3. Adornos
4. La variaci?n
5. La articulaci?n combinada
6. Voces
2. Acompa?amiento
1. Marcato
2. S?ncopa
3. Bordoneo
4. 3-3-2
5. Pesante
6. Blancas y Coral
3. Elementos contrapunt?sticos
1. Tipos
4. Armon?a
1. Conceptos generales
2. Armon?a estructural
3. Rearmonizaciones
4. Inversiones
5. Modulaci?n
5. Orquestaci?n
1. Registro
2. Tutti
3. Soli
4. Solos
5. Combinaciones
6. Miscel?neas
7. Formaciones reconocidas
2. Aplicaci?n de los fundamentos t?cnicos
1. Principios y plan de Trabajo
1. Criterios
2. Escritura del arreglo
1. Organizaci?n estructrual
2. Objetivo del fragmento
3. An?lisis de fragmentaci?n
3. Ap?ndice
<https://www.tangojam.com/cms/content/view/29/72/>
*Arreglos para orquesta t?pica:
Tradici?n e innovaci?n en manuscritos originales*
8 of Salg?ns original handwritten scores for orquesta tipica
Included Scores
1. Mis calles porte?as
2. Del 1 al 5 (d?a de pago)
3. Don Agust?n Bardi
4. La llamo silbando
5. Motivo de vals
6. Grillito
7. A fuego lento
8. Aqullos tangos camperos
Ben Bogart
www.benbogart.com
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