Tango!
Subtitle: the dance, the song, the story
By: Simon Collier ... [et al.] ; special photography by Ken Haas.
Contributors: Collier, Simon.; Haas, Ken.
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Tango (Dance) -- Argentina -- History; Tango (Dance) -- History; Tango (Dance) -- Pictorial works
Description: "Exquisite publication, written by respected scholars and artist, combines scholarly research with a pleasant writing style. Covers tango's history from early-19th century to the present, addressing tango's spread into Europe and North America and its 'golden age' in Buenos Aires from the 1920s-50s; also discusses topics such as tango and 'machismo,' and the tango revival in film, theater, and literature. Includes an extended bibliography and discography. Richly illustrated with facsimiles, reproductions of drawings, paintings, and photographs. For review by Pablo Vila, see Lat. Am. Music Rev., Vol. 18, No. 1, 1997, p. 113-123"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-205) and index.
Includes discography (p. 199-200).