Astor Piazzolla
Ãstor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 â July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. An excellent bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with different ensembles.
Piazzolla's nuevo tango was distinct from the traditional tango in its incorporation of elements of jazz, its use of extended harmonies and dissonance, its use of counterpoint, and its ventures into extended compositional forms. As Argentine psychoanalyst Carlos Kuri has pointed out, Piazzolla's fusion of tango with this wide range of other recognizable Western musical elements was so successful that it produced a new individual style transcending these influences. It is precisely this success, and individuality, that makes it hard to pin down where particular influences reside in his compositions, but some aspects are clear. The use of the passacaglia technique of a circulating bass line and harmonic sequence, invented and much used in 17th and 18th century baroque music but also central to the idea of jazz "changes", predominates in most of Piazzolla's mature compositions. Another clear reference to the baroque is the often complex and virtuosic counterpoint that sometimes follows strict fugal behavior but more often simply allows each performer in the group to assert his voice. A further technique that emphasises this sense of democracy and freedom among the musicians is improvisation that is borrowed from jazz in concept, but in practice involves a different vocabulary of scales and rhythms that stay within the parameters of the established tango sound-world. Pablo Ziegler has been particularly responsible for developing this aspect of the style both within Piazzolla's groups and since the composer's death.
Piazzolla's nuevo tango was distinct from the traditional tango in its incorporation of elements of jazz, its use of extended harmonies and dissonance, its use of counterpoint, and its ventures into extended compositional forms. As Argentine psychoanalyst Carlos Kuri has pointed out, Piazzolla's fusion of tango with this wide range of other recognizable Western musical elements was so successful that it produced a new individual style transcending these influences. It is precisely this success, and individuality, that makes it hard to pin down where particular influences reside in his compositions, but some aspects are clear. The use of the passacaglia technique of a circulating bass line and harmonic sequence, invented and much used in 17th and 18th century baroque music but also central to the idea of jazz "changes", predominates in most of Piazzolla's mature compositions. Another clear reference to the baroque is the often complex and virtuosic counterpoint that sometimes follows strict fugal behavior but more often simply allows each performer in the group to assert his voice. A further technique that emphasises this sense of democracy and freedom among the musicians is improvisation that is borrowed from jazz in concept, but in practice involves a different vocabulary of scales and rhythms that stay within the parameters of the established tango sound-world. Pablo Ziegler has been particularly responsible for developing this aspect of the style both within Piazzolla's groups and since the composer's death.
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I Shot The Sheriff |
rbwater (8)
5111d ago
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7 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original | |
Libertango |
osa-n (1)
5111d ago
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3 | Guitar | Transcription | |
6 Tangos for Piano |
claireper (2)
5115d ago
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29 | Piano | Original | |
Libertango - 2 Pianos |
claireper (2)
5115d ago
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14 | Piano | Original | |
Ozlivion |
tirodalth (6)
5115d ago
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4 | Piano | Original | |
The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee |
kumiko (16)
5116d ago
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6 | Piano, Trumpet | Original | |
Tears In Heaven |
aswardle (28)
5117d ago
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5 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Transcription | |
Bando |
lukaszwitowski (2)
5118d ago
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2 | Accordion | Book | |
No Woman No Cry |
maayans (5)
5119d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Book | |
Ten Greatest Hits |
carloscasimiro (11)
5120d ago
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50 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Book | |
Adios nonino |
kotolin (1)
5120d ago
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10 | Cello, Violin, Viola | Original | |
Close your eyes and listen |
Stig (1)
5122d ago
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15 | Saxophone | Transcription | |
6 Tango Etudes |
tchaiky (11)
5123d ago
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12 | Violin, Flute | Original | |
No Woman No Cry |
rach (1)
5123d ago
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4 | Piano | Book | |
Adios Nonino |
lily1609 (6)
5124d ago
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2 | Accordion | Other | |
The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee |
mahmoudmbn (15)
5126d ago
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5 | Piano | Original | |
Por una cabeza |
sevillaadrian (7)
5127d ago
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2 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription | |
Libertango |
stathismavro (33)
5127d ago
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5 | Piano, Violin | Transcription | |
Classical Gas |
ruben852 (26)
5128d ago
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5 | Piano | Original | |
No Woman No Cry |
frika (2)
5129d ago
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4 | Piano | Book |