ASTOR PIAZZOLLA’S “HISTORY OF TANGO”: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE GENRE IN THE AUTHOR’S PROJECTIONS

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 70 (LXX), Special Issue 4, December 2025, pp. 91-102, DOI: 10.24193/subbmusica.2025.spiss4.05en-US
dc.creatorFILATOVA, Tetiana
dc.creatorIVANNIKOV, Tymur
dc.date2025-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T20:21:18Z
dc.descriptionAstor Piazzolla’s chamber cycle “History of Tango” for flute and guitar is examined in terms of its transformation of Latin American, European, and African genre traditions of tango, milonga, samba, habanera, lundu, and maxixe. The aim of this article is to reveal the genre characteristics and dynamics of style changes in 20th-century tango in Astor Piazzolla’s author’s projections using the selected cycle as an example. The composer’s interpretations of the genre allowed the listener to discover the history of tango, enriching traditional elements with baroque idioms and techniques of passacaglia descending chromatic bass, polyphony of contrapuntal accompaniments, and a wealth of melodic ornamentation. Along with this, the composer imbued the fabric of his tangos with jazz improvisation techniques, block chord sequencing, and a language of polystrophic, polymodal structures based on symmetrical scale constructions that were radical for its time. Modifications to the language of the genre do not affect the key attributes of tango, which go back to the dance roots of African-American ritual practices, implying that tango is recognizable to the listener and requires a high level of skill from guitar performers.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/9918
dc.identifier10.24193/subbmusica.2025.spiss4.05
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/2476
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/9918/9565
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2025 Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Musicaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Musica; Volume 70, Special Issue 4, December 2025; 91-102en-US
dc.source2065-9628
dc.source1844-4369
dc.source10.24193/subbmusica.2025.spiss4
dc.subjectArgentine musicen-US
dc.subjectAstor Piazzolla’s guitar compositionsen-US
dc.subjecttangoen-US
dc.subject“History of tango”en-US
dc.subjectflute and guitar dueten-US
dc.subjectgenre and style aspectsen-US
dc.titleASTOR PIAZZOLLA’S “HISTORY OF TANGO”: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE GENRE IN THE AUTHOR’S PROJECTIONSen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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