ASTOR PIAZZOLLA’S “TANGO SUITE” FOR TWO GUITARS: GENRE AND STYLE ASPECTS
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Babeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Press
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Astor Piazzolla’s “Tango Suite” for two guitars is studied in terms of their embodiment of Argentine genre traditions. The aim of the article is to reveal the authentic features of the tango genre in their historical dynamics and style reconstruction using the linguistic resources of academic and jazz traditions. The rhythmic idioms of tango, asymmetrical accent figures, the genesis and specificity of polymeters are identified. The sonotypes of timbral everyday presentations of tango are correlated with solo and ensemble concert performances. Sound-imaging and percussive techniques of imitating the timbres of orchestral instruments with guitar sound are traced. The linguistic elements of tango are systematized according to the semantics of the musical images of the dance. The style features of the tango nuevo vocabulary are identified, and the nature of innovative components is indicated based on the analysis of each of the guitar pieces.