Astor Piazzolla

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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Total 1763 sheet(s) found, listing between 620 - 640.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
Ausencias |
laziale91 (6)
5318d ago
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6 | Piano, Violin | Transcription |
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Ausencias |
laziale91 (6)
5318d ago
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4 | Piano, Cello | Original |
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I Shot The Sheriff |
eddystortion (28)
5318d ago
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5 | Guitar, Vocal | Original |
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Wonderful Tonight |
perez_iredhel (2)
5318d ago
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3 | Piano | Other |
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Libertango |
geff081 (1)
5319d ago
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1 | Piano | Other |
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autumn leaves |
S2156 (3)
5319d ago
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5 | Piano | Original |
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Libertango |
pykc (18)
5319d ago
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3 | Piano | Original |
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Calambre |
Mari1978 (2)
5319d ago
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2 | Piano | Transcription |
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Classical Gas |
3e5t4o5k (1)
5319d ago
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1 | Guitar | Other |
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mat |
rrre71 (202)
5320d ago
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3 | Guitar | Other |
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No Woman No Cry |
l33l00 (43)
5320d ago
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4 | Piano | Book |
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i shot the sherrif |
l33l00 (43)
5320d ago
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3 | Piano | Transcription |
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No Woman No Cry |
MiemBru (2)
5320d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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Vuelvo al Sur |
Buczyna (10)
5320d ago
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1 | Guitar | Transcription |
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THE VERY BEST OF |
eddystortion (28)
5320d ago
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126 | Guitar, Vocal | Book |
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Tears in heaven |
nuoya (1)
5321d ago
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5 | Guitar | Transcription |
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as my guitar gently weeps |
artryan (42)
5321d ago
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7 | Guitar | Transcription |
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I Shot The Sheriff |
quannyb42 (10)
5321d ago
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2 | Piano | Original |
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Tears in Heaven |
titi (3)
5321d ago
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4 | Piano | Original |
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Tears In Heaven |
ian3482 (14)
5321d ago
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5 | Piano, Guitar | Original |
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