[Tango-L] codes of tango

[Bruno Romero]

Please allow me to disagree with respect to codes of tango being over 100
years old. Please mention one code that is over 100 years old.

Rather than arguing whether what dancers are doing is or not Argentine tango
I think dancers should take a close look at how tango evolved against those
who opposed change.

Consider the case of how Piazzola overcame resistance and gained acceptance
with his music. Piazzola got tired of getting his work scrutinized by Anibal
Troilo. Anibal fearing complicating dancers and his musicians with stuff
they did not understand kept in modifying Piazzola's araangement. Piazzola
got tired left Anibal Troilo's group and formed his own. When in the midst
of Piazzola's work his musicians questioned whether what they were playing
was tango. Then, to quell doubts Piazzola invited Osvaldo Pugliese to
audition his work. Osvaldo said that what the Piazzola group played was
tango. 

Was Osvaldo right in his certification of Piazzola's music as Tango, and
Anibal Troilo was wrong to say that Piazzola's music was not tango?

The truth lays somewhere in the middle. Piazzola had very deep tango roots,
but he added stuff of his own from his training in classical and jazz music.
As a result Piazzola's music appealed to a much greater audience.

Piazzola took the best from Anibal Troilo, Julio de Caro, Kicho Diaz,
Orlando Goñi, Elvino Vardaro and ran with it.

My suggestion is take the best from your instructors, add your own stuff and
run with it.

Cheers, 

Bruno