[Tango-L] words and music

[TangoDC.com]

Hi George,

I'm continually translating tango lyrics and posting them on my website 
at <<http://tangoDC.com/lyrics/index.htm>>. You can also find 
translations at <<http://www.planet-tango.com/letras.htm>>. There's a 
database of lyrics with thousands of entries at 
<<http://argentina.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/tangos/>>, but 
unfortunately the search feature has been down for a long time, and you 
have to browse alphabetically.

I'm working on a couple essays on tango lyrics, parts of which will 
reference the word-music interplay. I'll notify the list when they're 
up. If anyone else knows of related resources, I'd love to know about 
them too.

Keith Elshaw's website has a lot of music info: 
<<http://totango.net/ttindex.html>>.

Otherwise, there's little in English. The translations are, for the most 
part, bad. Commentary is nil. We had an interesting discussion of the 
lyrics to "El ciruja" a few weeks ago-- you might check the list 
archives for that one.

Jake Spatz
Washington, DC


Woloch George wrote:
> I would really enjoy reading something about the words
> and music of tango songs. These two aspects are of
> equal importance to the dancing. Music could include
> discussions of the singers, musicians and orchestra
> leaders. I remember that years ago someone sent in an
> explanation of the tango song "Percal," which had been
> a mystery to me. Another person commented on the song
> "Romance del barrio" sometime after that. 
> I hope to read something about words and/or music
> sometime soon. George
>
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