There's an Argentine proverb that says, "Everything changes except the tango." That was true — until Astor Piazzolla revolutionized the genre. Rarely is the name of a composer and musician so closely ...
The tango music of Astor Piazzolla sways to a seductive beat, its rhythms unhurried but relentless, its harmonies yearning for resolution. People even casually familiar with tango music have heard ...
Los Angeles Times: They called him tango’s assassin. But Astor Piazzolla’s musical reboot made him a legend
Buenos Aires doesn’t forget you, tango that you were and will be. —“Somebody Tells It to the Tango,” Jorge Luis Borges/Astor Piazzolla THE KID WASN’T THRILLED with Dad’s gift — an accordion-like ...
They called him tango’s assassin. But Astor Piazzolla’s musical reboot made him a legend
In the waning years of the tango’s “golden age,” which spanned the 1930s to the mid-1950s, the Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) began writing irresistible music that melded elements of ...
news.ucsb.edu: Vast tango archive of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla funded for preservation
For musicians and aficionados of Argentine tango, the scale and scope of the Astor Piazzolla collection at UC Santa Barbara is staggering. Thousands of pages of the composer’s original sheet music.
Billboard: ‘That’s Not Tango: Astor Piazzolla, a Life in Music’ Comes to Jazz at Lincoln Center
‘That’s Not Tango: Astor Piazzolla, a Life in Music’ Comes to Jazz at Lincoln Center
Miami Herald: An Argentine classic: Astor Piazzolla and the evolution of tango
As a budding composer, New Tango master Astor Piazzolla didn’t much care for tango. He wanted to be a classical musician. But he would go on to achieve international fame and grudging recognition of ...