[Tango-L] Spanish tango books

[Ilene Marder]

My favorites tango books in spanish come as  a two volume set...
/Inventario del Tango/ by Horacio Ferrer and Oscar Del Priore, covering 
the period from 1849 thru 1998.
Ferrer & Del Priore are maestro's in their own right and these volumes I 
find invaluable, especially if you are interested in the music.
published by the Fondo Nacional de Las Artes. Loads of fantastic photos, 
lyrics, important dates, anecdotes...a treasure...
Ilene

Crrtango at aol.com wrote:

>As per some requests, here is a list of a few books in Spanish about tango 
>that I bought in Buenos Aires and others that I got here along with my own 
>personal comments. I don't know where to find these now, other than checking on the 
>internet or in Hispanic bookstores. 
>I don't have Spanish figures on my keyboard so some names are missing tildes 
>and accent marks.
>
>Francisco Canaro:  Mis Memorias, Mis Bodas de Oro Con el Tango   newly 
>published by Ediciones Corregidor, Bs, As.      corregidor.com
>
>My Memories, My Golden Anniversary with Tango. An autobiography, with a 
>mishmash of personal remembrances and lists of famous people he knew. Not great 
>writing and a little vainglorious at times but an invaluable source of historical 
>information and tidbits (with photographs). For example, Roberto Firpo wore a 
>rug.   :-)   Canaro was a giant of tango and knew literally everyone so this 
>is a good addition to any tango library.
>
>Luis Adolfo Sierra:  Historia de la Orquesta Tipica, Evolucion instrumental 
>del tango  also published by Corregidor.
>This is an excellent book and deals with the evolution of the tango orchestra 
>from the early days of small combos of violin, flute, tuba and guitar (and 
>even the harp and cornet) how they evolved into the orquesta tipica with 
>acoustic bass (replacing the tuba) and piano (replacing the guitar), etc., and espe
>cially the influence of the bandoneon.   With pictures of some of the famous 
>orchestras.
>
>
>Luis Labrana y Ana Sebastian: Tango, Una Historia   Corregidor
>
>A history of tango with references to the influences of immigration and the 
>social milieu that created 
>it. Good historical photographs of musicians and famous tango people from the 
>so-called "Golden Age."
>
>Maria Susana Azzi: Antropologia del tango     published by Ediciones de 
>Olavarria
>As it says, it is more of an anthropological approach to tango but in the 
>form of short reminiscences by famous tango personages. No pictures.
>
>Article in Todo es Historia magazine: Una Historia del Bandoneon by Miguel 
>Angel Scenna, from August 1974, issue no. 87
>Excellent article about the history of the bandoneon. This might be hard to 
>find. I found it in a used book store in Buenos Aires. Cool picture of 
>D'Arienzo conducting his orchestra.
>
>Also a couple of tango picture books: 
>
>Adriana Groisman: Tango, Nunca antes de la medianoche   Ediciones Lariviere
>All B&W photos of well-known milongas in Bs. As. with some famous dancers and 
>milongueros. 
>
>Isabel Munoz & Evelyne Pieller:  Tango ,   published by Stewart, Tabori and 
>Chang, NY
>Mostly corny, B&W photos of dancers legs with lingerie and fishnets, etc. (I 
>got this as a gift) but each photo is accompanied by a partial lyric from some 
>famous tango song.   
>
>Good luck with the search,
>Charles
>
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