It has an incredible passion. He wanted to create tangos that were meant for listening. Piazzola's transformation of the national music led to such animosity that he left Argentina in the early '60s. When Buenos Aires became the capital, men danced in predatory competition in tango style for brides, like rams butting heads in the mountains. During this time, the songs and the playing style, much like the Mariachi music of northern Mexico , became canonized.
Nothing is bigger than the dance.
Except, perhaps Piazzola. In the mid-1950s, Piazzola began to write operas and concertos based on the tangos.