2. HISTORY
Possible meanings of “tango”
• May have African roots – “closed place”
• Or could be derived from tanguere – “to touch”
• Simply based on sound of drums – “tan-go”
3. HISTORY
Buenos Aires was a combination of:
• African, Spanish, Italian, British, Polish, Russian, and Natives
Of COURSE the music and dance would blend too!
Music became a mixture of:
• Milonga
• Habanera
4. HISTORY
The tango was first considered to be a dance of the lower class.
“Tango lyrics expressed the alienation of urban life”
-Nouzeilles & Montaldo p. 196
It could be found in:
• academias – dance academies
• Perigundines – bars/cáfes where waitresses could be hired
7. VE
No sound but older footage of the dance
Sound & Dance – Enjoy!
8. PREGUTA
Watch this short clip - A Brief History of the Tango
Why do you think the history of this music (the poor, the
brothels, etc.) did not prevent it from catching on with the
upper society and flourishing?
9. REFERENCES
Nouzeilles, Gabriela, and Graciela R. Montaldo. The Argentina Reader:
History, Culture, and Society. Durham: Duke UP, 2002. Print.
http://www.argentina-tango.com/history.htm
http://www.edinburghtango.org.uk/tango/Historyoftango.php
http://www.tejastango.com/tango_history.html
http://www.tangoconcepts.com/history.html