Buenos Aires Argentina Tango

The Ever- Changing Past Of Buenos Aires Argentinafor the golden age of tango and Carlos Gardel, who is
Tangothe real hero of Argentine tango; with a fervent voice
Buenos Aires Argentina Tango has a history that hasand manly appearance, he was adored and idolized by
characterized and exalted its lovers, its town and itsall. Carlos Gardel turned famous and promoted the
nation from the start of what has transformed into angolden age of Buenos Aires Argentina Tango all over
everlasting passion.the world thanks to the radio, records and movies.
Of modest lineage, Buenos Aires Argentina Tango isAfter Gardel's death, the tango divided into two
today a symbol of grandeur and beauty, of status andsignificant fronts: the conservative front and the
refinement; nevertheless, on the 1880's, as people fromevolutionist front. These groups developed until the
Europe, Africa and other continents arrived to theconclusion of the tango's golden age, approximately in
Buenos Aires ports, they favored the "diversions" in1950.
pleasure houses, giving birth to tango, as a dancedAstor Piazzola turned into the following figure of tango.
statement of the relationship between the lady ofHe felt tango as a creation to be listened to instead of
pleasure and her procurer. Hence, the tango wasdanced, thus, he wrote operas, classical music, dramas
strongly rejected by the high class.and movies based on this art. He rendered Buenos
On its initial years, Buenos Aires Argentina Tango wasAires Argentina Tango a different feeling which kept it
diffused through deep sad tones which connectedalive. Mixtures of the tango with various rhythms, like
accurately to the foreigners' experiences.jazz and rock, dominated the setting.
Later on, Ricardo Guiraldes, who was a poet, author,While this was happening, the first Buenos Aires
rich playboy and follower of the tango, went to Europe,Argentina Tango was maintained by defenders guided
composed a poem in honor of the dance andby singer Roberto "Polaco" Goyeneche and pianist
performed a tango in a famous salon in Paris. ParisiansOsvaldo Pugliese.
admired it and the tango turned into the first latinAfter the 1950's, the tango nearly vanished from the
American dance passion of Europeans, immediatelysphere, as modern trends replaced it along the 60's
seizing Argentina's rich class's attention.and 70's. Nevertheless, nowadays, the new
Aft Paris, Rudolph Valentino, a great movie star,generations are beginning to see Buenos Aires
performed a tango as an Argentine cowboy in theArgentina Tango as a significant element of their lives
movie "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (1926).and past.
Hollywood was capable of creating the mostPresently, the tango is granted an original personality
celebrated scene in tango history, and it would presentby blending its roots with Piazzola, the flute and guitar,
great opportunities for the tango, even for futureturning it into a rich art again and joining forces to
movies.transform tango into a forever powerful mode of
All these early successes and discoveries aboutconnection, the spirit of which was, is and will always
Buenos Aires Argentina Tango were only the framebe, Buenos Aires, Argentina.