[Tango-L] Musicality. What is it?

[Alexis Cousein]

Chris, UK wrote:
> I'm surprised that knowing the name of the orchestra is either necessary 
> or sufficient to decide whether you'll enjoy the music. 

And I can pride myself into making even the most staunch of traditionalist
dance to *more than one* orchestra in a tanda (even though most would
heap abuse on my heresy -- and some have --  on a list like this).

Conventions are OK. To cast them in concrete and make absolute
dogmas out of them is dangerous - next you'll be turning Argentine
tango into a stuffed animal rather than a living and breathing
organism.

Respect for tradition is something different from slavish following of it.
It's also possible to respect the spirit of a tradition without respecting
all of its forms, certainly if the social environment around the
tradition has mutated.

'40s tango is a very different animal from '20s tango. I have no doubt
that at the time there were heated debates about whether it was still
"true" tango, but I'd hate to miss those '40s tango in a milonga.


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Alexis Cousein                                  al at sgi.com
Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect     SGI/Silicon Graphics
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