[Tango-L] types of valses?

[John Ward]

Smithsonian Folkways issued an interesting CD: "Bandoneon Pure: Dances of
Uruguay" by Rene Martino Rivero (who bears a startling resemblance to
British actor Ricky Gervais). On it are these valses:

Corazon de oro (vals oriental)
La loca de amor (vals criollo)
Desde el alma (vals boston)

Other subdivisions are:

El choclo (tango criollo)
Mirinaque (milonga uruguaya)
Vieja morena (pasodoble academico)
Taquito militar (milonga orillera)
Camino al don (foxtrot cancion)

With the CD is an 80 page booklet describing the bandoneon and the music in
great detail. I quote:

The vals oriental as a genre continued the tradition of the cielito of the
Banda Oriental del Uruguay (Banda or Republica Oriental del Uruguay is the
complete name of the state) . . . the different varieties of vals - vals
oriental, vals criollo, vals boston, and vals porteno - held an important
part in [Francisco Canaro's] life.

John Ward
Bristol, UK