Query: tango music  composers

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12 Tangos <=SEP=> 12 Tangos: Adios Buenos Aires is a German documentary film from the director and producer Arne Birkenstock, filmed in 2004 in the Argentinean capital Buenos Aires. The film music was arranged and composed by the guitarist and composer Luis Borda who gathered the most important Argentinean Tango musicians for the produccion of this movie. The movie was produced by the Cologne production companies Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien and Tradewind Picturesin colobaration with ZDF and ARTE.

Accordéon Mélancolique <=SEP=> Accordéon Mélancolique is a Dutch accordion duo consisting of Cherie de Boer (born 10 June 1950 in Jakarta) and Jean-Pierre Guiran (born 27 January 1957 in Vlissingen).The duo is founded in 1984. In 1997 they were asked to play during the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall-plan in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for, among others, Bill en Hillary Clinton, Dutch crown prince Willem Alexander and former Dutch prime minister Wim Kok.

Adiós Nonino <=SEP=> Adiós Nonino (Farewell, Nonino in Spanish) is a composition by tango Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla, written in October 1959 while in New York, in memory of his father, Vicente "Nonino" Piazzolla, a few days after his father's death.

Alexander Mitenev <=SEP=> Born in St. Petersburg (Russia) Alexander (Sasha) Mitenev began playing music at the age of nine. Before his 16th birthday, Alexander had already made a lot of appearances in Russia and obtained Dmitry Likhachev Scholarship.In 1997, he was accepted to State Academy of Art in St. Petersburg as a student of Professor Nikolay Kravtsov, famous musician, teacher and the inventor of a unique accordion layout which wipes off the distinction between keys and buttons.

Antonio Agri <=SEP=> Antonio Agri (May 5, 1932 – October 17, 1998) was an Argentine violinist, composer and conductor prominent in both the tango and classical music genres.

Aníbal Troilo <=SEP=> Aníbal Carmelo Troilo (July 11, 1914 – May 18, 1975 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango musician.Troilo was a bandoneon player, composer, arranger and bandleader in Argentina.

Appropriation (music) <=SEP=> In music, appropriation is the use of borrowed elements (aspects or techniques) in the creation of a new piece, and is an example of cultural appropriation.Appropriation may be thought of as one of the placement of elements in new context, as for Gino Stefani who "makes appropriation the chief criterion for his 'popular' definition of melody (Stefani 1987a).

Argentine tango <=SEP=> Argentine tango is a musical genre of simple quadruple metre and binary musical form, and the social dance that accompanies it. Its lyrics and music are marked by nostalgia, expressed through melodic instruments including the bandoneón. Originating at the ending of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, and Montevideo, Uruguay, it quickly grew in popularity and spread internationally.

Astor Piazzolla <=SEP=> Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (Spanish pronunciation: [piasola], Italian pronunciation: [pjattsɔlla]; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player and arranger. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music.

Atilio Stampone <=SEP=> Atilio Stampone (born July 1, 1926) is an Argentine pianist, composer and arranger prominent in the Tango genre.

Bajofondo <=SEP=> Bajofondo is a Río de la Plata-based music band consisting of eight musicians from Argentina and Uruguay, which aims to create a more contemporary version of tango and other musical styles of the Río de la Plata region. It was founded in the early 2000’s as a studio experiment, which culminated into the successful album Bajofondo Tango Club. This led to touring and eventually to the current lineup. Bajofondo calls itself a collaborative as all members have solo careers as well.

Carlos Acuña <=SEP=> Carlos Acuña (November 3, 1914 – February 19, 1999) was an Argentine Tango singer and composer. As a vocalist, he was best known for his performance of La Calesita "\The Merry-Go-Round"); and as a composer, for Un boliche ("A Tavern").Born Carlos Ernesto di Loreto, Acuña began his career in the 1930s and became known for his deep and highly expressive voice.

Carlos Franzetti <=SEP=> Carlos Alberto Franzetti (born June 3, 1948) is a composer and arranger from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Franzetti started studying music at Buenos Aires' National Conservatory at the age of 6 and later began taking private piano lessons. He began studying music composition after moving to Mexico in 1970.

Carlos Gardel <=SEP=> Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardes; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango.  Gardel's baritone voice and the dramatic phrasing of his lyrics made miniature masterpieces of his hundreds of three-minute tango recordings.

Carlos Libedinsky <=SEP=> Carlos Libedinsky is an Argentine musician, composer and, producer. He is most renowned for his neo-tango project, Narcotango.Before tango, Libedinsky transited through different genres, such as rock, pop, blues, medieval, and renaissance music. In 1992, he founded the duet Los Mareados, where he was also a composer.

Carlos Moscardini <=SEP=> Carlos Moscardini (born 1959) is an Argentine composer and guitarist.  He is professor of  tango guitar at the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music and [Manuel de Falla] Conservatory of music in Buenos Aires.Moscardini was born in Lomas de Zamora, in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area.After winning the Soloist Prize for guitar at the first New Popular Music Meeting in his province, he recorded his first solo album, El corazon manda, on Epsa records.

Carlos Stella <=SEP=> Carlos Stella (born 1961 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine composer.Self-taught in composition, Stella studied piano at the Buenos Aires National Conservatory of Music and in 1985 he was invited by Krzysztof Penderecki to the Cracow Academy of Music. Back in Buenos Aires he received other scholarships from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes and the Fundación Antorchas and began to work for the Teatro del Sur with director Alberto Félix Alberto.

Charles L. Johnson <=SEP=> Charles Leslie Johnson (December 3, 1876 - December 28, 1950) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music.  He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, died in Kansas City, Missouri, and lived his entire life in those two cities. He published over 300 songs in his life, nearly 40 of them ragtime compositions such as "Doc Brown’s Cakewalk", "Dill Pickles", "Apple Jack (Some Rag)", and "Snookums Rag".

Christine Southworth <=SEP=> Christine Southworth (b. Boston, Massachusetts, 2 January 1978) is an American composer of postminimal music and works with combinations of Western ensembles, electronics, and world music ensembles including Balinese gamelan and bagpipes. She performs Balinese gamelan and gender wayang with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Gamelan Galak Tika, as well as Galician Gaita and Great Highland Bagpipes.

Classical music <=SEP=> Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music. While a similar term is also used to refer to the period from 1750-1820 (the Classical period), this article is about the broad span of time from roughly the 11th century to the present day, which includes the Classical period and various other periods.

Composer <=SEP=> A composer (Latin com+ponere, literally "one who puts together") is a person who creates music. The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical music through creation of works expressed in written musical notation.

Dick Manning <=SEP=> Dick Manning (June 12, 1912 – April 11, 1991) was a Russian-born American songwriter, best known for his many collaborations with Al Hoffman.  Manning composed the first full-length musical to be broadcast on television.  The Boys From Boise aired on the DuMont Television Network in 1944.

Edmundo Rivero <=SEP=> Leonel Edmundo Rivero (June 8, 1911 – January 18, 1986) was an Argentine tango singer, composer, and impresario.

Electrocutango <=SEP=> Electrocutango is an electrotango project founded by Sverre Indris Joner, based in Oslo, Norway. Their first album Felino is mainly original music created for TanGhost, a tango/theater performance based on Henrik Ibsen's play Ghosts, directed by Per-Olav Sørensen (2004). The show was choreographed by famous Argentinian tango dancer Pablo Verón, who also acted in the performance.

Enrique Saborido <=SEP=> Enrique Saborido (1877–1941), was an Uruguayan tango pianist, composer and dance teacher, who also played violin.

Enrique Santos Discépolo <=SEP=> Enrique Santos Discépolo (Discepolín) (27 March 1901 - 23 December 1951) was an Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer, author of famous tangos such as "Cambalache" and many others performed by several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel. He was also a film actor, director and screenwriter.

Fernando Otero <=SEP=> Fernando Otero is a Grammy-Award Winning Argentine composer, pianist and vocalist currently residing in New York City. His first contact with music was receiving vocal lessons from his mother Elsa Marval, an internationally acclaimed singer and actress. He started taking piano lessons at five. He also studied the guitar, drums, accordion, and melodica, instruments he plays occasionally. A classically trained and virtuoso pianist, Otero studied classical music since childhood.

Figures of Argentine tango <=SEP=> Figures of Argentine tango are elements of Argentine tango.

Finnish tango <=SEP=> Finnish tango music is an established variation of the Argentine tango but whose rhythm follows the Ballroom tango. It was one of the most popular music forms for decades in Finland. Brought to Europe in the 1910s by travelling musicians, Finns began to take up the form and write their own tangos in the 1930s.

Five Tango Sensations <=SEP=> Five Tango Sensations is a suite of works (Asleep—Loving—Anxiety—Despertar—Fear) for bandoneón and string quartet written in 1989 by Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla. It was premiered in New York that year and recorded immediately afterwards by the Kronos Quartet and the composer, who played the bandoneón.

Florindo Sassone <=SEP=> Pedro Florindo Sassone (12 January 1912 – 31 January 1982) was an Argentinian violinist and composer, leader of his eponymous orchestra, which played tango music, from the 1940s up to the 1970s.

Folias Flute and Guitar Duo <=SEP=> Folias Flute and Guitar Duo is an American performer/composer chamber music duo group consisting of flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron. Bergeron and Maret met at Michigan State University while finishing their Master’s Degrees in Music and they were married in 2003.

Francisco Canaro <=SEP=> Francisco Canaro (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was an Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.His parents, Italians emigrated to Uruguay, and later – when Francisco Canaro was less than 10 years old, they emigrated to Buenos Aires (Argentina) in the late nineteenth century. Canaro was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay, in 1888. As a young man and found work in a factory, where an empty oil can would, in his skilled hands, become his first violin.

Fugata Quintet <=SEP=> Fugata Quintet is a London based chamber group formed in early 2007  at the Royal Academy of Music, where all quintet members were studying at the time. Fugata principally perform Nuevo Tango music by the Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla. The quintet is one of the few independent groups to have produced and performed a fully staged production of Maria de Buenos Aires, the Tango Operita by Ástor Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer.

Gabriel Rivano <=SEP=> Gabriel Rivano is an Argentine bandoneonist, guitarist, flutist and composer, born in Buenos Aires in 1958.He pursued studies at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires where he graduated in 1976, and took his degree in Economics at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. He also was a soccer player and bandoneón player.In 1990 Gabriel Rivano established the "Gabriel Rivano Quinteto".

Graeme Revell <=SEP=> Graeme Revell (born 23 October 1955) is a New Zealand musician and composer. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of the industrial/electronic group SPK.

Gran Orquesta TangoVia Buenos Aires <=SEP=> Gran Orquesta TangoVia Buenos Aires is an orchestra made up by many of the most prominent musicians of the new generation of tango. Created by the non-profit organization TangoVia Buenos Aires in 2003, the orchestra's main goal is to celebrate the art of tango by means of special productions to recover forgotten repertoires or perform the works of new composers.

Gustavo Santaolalla <=SEP=> Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine musician, film composer and producer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, for Brokeback Mountain in 2005, and Babel in 2006. Most recently, he composed the music for the video game The Last of Us.

Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association <=SEP=> The Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association (HELMCA) is the only national association of electroacoustic music in Greece. It is registered as a nonprofit organization (act. 1059.91/2001). Its members are active composers and sound artists who creatively use advances in music technology, producing a variety of musical forms of sonic art in their work.

Histoire du Tango <=SEP=> Histoire du Tango  is one of the most famous compositions by tango composer Ástor Piazzolla, for flute and guitar written in 1986. It is often played with different combinations, including violin substituted for the flute, and also harp or marimba substituted for the guitar. It was Piazzolla's life work to bring the tango from the bordellos and dance halls of Argentina into the concert halls of Europe and America.

History of the tango <=SEP=> Tango, a distinctive dance and the corresponding musical style of tango music, began in the working-class port neighborhoods of Buenos Aires (Argentina); and years later in Montevideo, Uruguay; the area of the Rio de la Plata.

Homero Manzi <=SEP=> Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907–May 3, 1951) was an Argentine Tango lyricist, author of various famous tangos.He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero), Argentina. Manzi was interested in literature and tango since he was young.

Héctor Marcó <=SEP=> Héctor Marcó or stage name Hector Sunday Marcolongo (1906–1987) was an Argentine composer who focused mainly on the tango genre.

Ignacio Varchausky <=SEP=> Ignacio Varchausky (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a double bass player, music producer and founder of Orquesta El Arranque (1996). He is also the creator and artistic director of Orquesta Escuela de Tango Emilio Balcarce.Varchausky is the founder of TangoVia Buenos Aires, a non-profit organization, which aims at preserving, spreading and developing tango culture throughout the world.

Ionel Fernic <=SEP=> Ionel Fernic (born May 29, 1901 in Târgovişte – d. July 22, 1938 in Stulpicani) was a Romanian composer, aviator (civil pilot), writer, and one of the first Romanian parachutists.

Isaac Albéniz <=SEP=> Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈsak alˈβeniθ]; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms. Transcriptions of many of his pieces, such as Asturias (Leyenda), Granada, Sevilla, Cádiz, Córdoba, Cataluña, and the Tango in D, are important pieces for classical guitar, though he never composed for the guitar.

Jacob Gade <=SEP=> Jacob Thune Hansen Gade  (Vejle, Denmark, November 29, 1879 – February 20, 1963, Assens) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, the familiar Jalousie, also known as Jalousie 'Tango Tzigane'  and Tango Jalousie.Jacob Thune Hansen Gade was born in Vlejel, Denmark on November 29, 1869 and died on February 20, 1963. He belonged to a family of musicians.

Jorge Stanbury Escudero <=SEP=> Jorge Stanbury Escudero, better known by his stage name Jorge Escudero, was a Peruvian-born Venezuelan singer and composer of popular Tango music in the 1950s, who has been called "The successor to Gardel."  He was the son of Jorge Stanbury and Rosa Escudero and had six children, including Venezuelan music producer Eduardo Stanbury.

José Bragato <=SEP=> José Bragato (born 12 October 1915) is a renowned Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist who, in his early career, was principal cellist in the Colón Theatre orchestra in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

José Sentis <=SEP=> José Sentis (* 11 June 1888 in Tarragona (Spain); † 20 March 1983 in Ivry (France)) was a Spanish pianist and composer.José Sentis started his career as pianist in the music salons of Paris. Due to the influence of Argentinean friends like the musician Buchardo Alberto Lopez and the writer Ricardo Güiraldes he primarily performed tango music and wrote some tango compositions himself as well. Among his compositions are such pieces as "Baby", "Mr.

Juan Carlos Cobián <=SEP=> Juan Carlos Cobián (1888–1942) was an Argentine bandleader and tango composer. He led the "evolutionary" tendency in tango which was perceived as tending to concert music than traditional dance music.

Juan María Solare <=SEP=> Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist.

Juan d'Arienzo <=SEP=> Juan d'Arienzo (December 14, 1900 – January 14, 1976) was an Argentine tango musician, also known as "El Rey del Compás" (King of the Beat). He was son of Italian immigrants and used more modern arrangements and instrumentation; his popular group produced hundreds of recordings.His music is played often at milongas in Buenos Aires, and the instrumentals are the classic harder rhythmic tangos with a strong staccato dance rhythm.

Julio de Caro <=SEP=> Julio de Caro (December 11, 1899 – March 11, 1980) was an Argentine composer, musician and conductor prominent in the Tango genre.

Julián Robledo <=SEP=> Julián Robledo (1887 – 1940) was a composer best known for the song "Three O'Clock in the Morning". Robledo lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the early 1900s where he played piano in tango orchestras and composed some of the earliest published tangos. "Three O'Clock in the Morning" was published in the United States in 1919. The song was recorded by Paul Whiteman in 1922 and became one of the first 20 recordings in history to achieve sales of over one million records.

Kåre Jostein Simonsen <=SEP=> Kåre Jostein Simonsen (born March 26, 1948) is a Norwegian bandoneonist. He has been a regular member of the Tango Concertino and Trio Troika in Trondheim, and now plays in ensembles Quinteto Nidaros (piazzollaquintet - bandoneon, violin, electric guitar, piano and double bass) and Cholo tango duet/trio.

Lalo Schifrin <=SEP=> Lalo Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine pianist, composer,  arranger and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations. Schifrin, associated with the jazz music genre, is also noted for work with Clint Eastwood in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry films.

List of public domain tangos <=SEP=> This is intended to be a list of public domain tangos. Because many authors of tango music have died more than 70 years ago, the copyright has expired in many countries. Authorship works registered with SADAIC can be looked up at (http://www.sadaic.org.ar).According to Argentine law 11723 [1] text and music can be considered as separate works.

List of television theme music composers <=SEP=> The following list contains composers of the primary theme music of a television series or miniseries. They are sorted alphabetically by composer.

Luis Bacalov <=SEP=> Luis Enríquez Bacalov (born 30 March 1933) is a Bullgarian-Argentinian-Italian composer of film scores.  Early on in his career, he composed scores for Spaghetti Western films.  In the early 1970s, he collaborated with Italian progressive rock bands.  Bacalov has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Original Score, winning it in 1996 for Il Postino.  Bacalov has composed significant works for chorus and orchestra.

Marco Lo Russo <=SEP=> Marco Lo Russo A.K.A. Rouge (born in Latina, region of Lazio, Italy, April 27, 1977) is an accordionist, composer, arranger, musicologist, producer, conductor, professor at the Conservatory of Music and also an Italian musician.

Mariano Mores <=SEP=> Mariano Martínez, better known as Mariano Mores (born 18 February 1918), is a famous Argentine tango composer, pianist and conductor.

Maxixe (dance) <=SEP=> The maxixe (Portuguese pronunciation: [maˈʃiʃi]), occasionally known as the Brazilian tango, is a dance, with its accompanying music (often played as a subgenre of choro), that originated in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in 1868, at about the same time as the tango was developing in neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay.

Miguel Caló <=SEP=> Miguel Caló (October 28, 1907 – May 24, 1972) was a famous tango bandoneonist, composer, and the leader of the Orchestra Miguel Caló. He was born in Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Milla Viljamaa <=SEP=> Milla Viljamaa (born 1980) is a Finnish musician and composer known for her creative works in various fields ranging from folk, tango and chamber music to theatre, opera, and film productions. She plays for example in the following ensembles: Duo Milla Viljamaa & Johanna Juhola, Las Chicas del Tango, Milla Viljamaa & Co, Johanna Juhola Reaktori and Hereä.

Milton Babbitt <=SEP=> Milton Byron Babbitt (May 10, 1916 – January 29, 2011) was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.

Music of Africa <=SEP=> Given the vastness of the continent, the traditional music of Africa is historically ancient, rich, and diverse, with the different regions and nations of Africa having distinct musical traditions.Traditional music in much of the continent is passed down orally (or aurally) and is not written.

Music of Argentina <=SEP=> The music of Argentina is known mostly for the tango, which developed in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay. Folk, pop and classical music are also popular, and Argentine artists like Mercedes Sosa and Atahualpa Yupanqui contributed greatly to the development of the nueva canción. Argentine rock has also led to a defiant rock scene in Argentina.

Music of Finland <=SEP=> The music of Finland can be roughly divided in the following three categories.The folk music of Finland is typically influenced by Karelian traditional tunes and lyrics of the Kalevala metre. Karelian heritage has traditionally been perceived as the purest expression of Finnic myths and beliefs, thought to be spared from Germanic and Slavic influences. In the west of the country, more mainstream Nordic folk music traditions prevail.

Music of Japan <=SEP=> The music of Japan includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles both traditional and modern. The word for music in Japanese is 音楽 (ongaku), combining the kanji  音 "on" (sound) with the kanji 楽 "gaku" (enjoy).

Nuevo Tango Ensamble <=SEP=> Nuevo Tango Ensamble is an Italian tango-jazz trio which was founded in 1999.  The members are Pasquale Stafano who plays piano, Gianni Iorio on  bandoneón ( a type of accordion) and Pierluigi Balducci on bass.The Nuevo Tango Ensamble has performed throughout Europe and often works with noted musicians such as Gabriele Mirabassi, Javier Girotto and Gustavo Toker. In 2008 the trio appeared in the United Emirates as part of the Ástor Piazzolla music project.

Nuevos <=SEP=> Nuevos is Orquesta El Arranque's sixth album. Its sixteen tracks are a tribute to the new generation of tango composers.

Objection (Tango) <=SEP=> "Objection (Tango)" is a song recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her fifth studio album and first English-language album Laundry Service (2001). It was the first song Shakira wrote in English after being encouraged by American singer Gloria Estefan to record material in the language. She also produced the track along with Lester Mendez. "Objection (Tango)" musically combines elements of pop rock and tango, and contains instrumentation from the bandoneón and guitar.

Orquesta El Arranque <=SEP=> Orquesta El Arranque is an Argentine tango orchestra formed in Buenos Aires in 1996.

Osvaldo Pugliese <=SEP=> Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (Buenos Aires, December 2, 1905 – July 25, 1995) was an Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of salon tango but also heralded the development of concert-style tango music.Some of his music, mostly since the 50s, is used for theatrical dance performances.

Otros Aires <=SEP=> Otros Aires is a Spanish/Argentine neo-tango group, founded in 2003 in Barcelona by Argentine musician/architect Miguel Di Genova.Otros Aires mixes the first tangos and milongas records from the beginning of the last century (Gardel, Razzano, D'Arienzo, etc.) with electronic sequences, melodies and lyrics of the 21st century.The current formation features Miguel Di Genova (voice, guitar and sequences), Emmanuel Mayol (drums and percussion), Omar Massa (bandoneon) and Diego Ramos (piano).

Pablo Ziegler <=SEP=> Pablo Ziegler (born September 2, 1944) is an Argentine composer based in Buenos Aires and New York City. He is currently the leading exponent of nuevo tango, thanks to the skills and reputation he gathered while working extensively as Ástor Piazzolla's regular pianist from 1978 until the maestro's retirement for health reasons in 1989. He played with Piazzolla's re-formed Conjunto 9 in 1983 for his Teatro Colón concert with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic.

Pedro Laurenz <=SEP=> Pedro Laurenz (born Pedro Blanco Acosta) was a bandoneon player, director and composer of  Argentine tango music.He was born on October 10, 1902, and died on July 7, 1972.He was the creator of the classic tango songs Mala junta, Risa loca, Milonga de mis amores, Mal de amores and Berretín.

Piazzolla's Orquesta Típica <=SEP=> Piazzolla’s Orquesta Típica (aka the 1946 Orchestra) was a tango orchestra formed in 1946 in Buenos Aires by the Argentine bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla.  This was Piazzolla’s first orchestra of his own and from this spring board he would later go on to pioneer nuevo tango, a new approach to the genre, with his Octeto Buenos Aires.Early in his career Piazzolla  played in a number of orquesta típicas, including that of the renowned bandoneonist Anibal Troilo from 1939.

Ramón Collazo <=SEP=> Ramón Collazo (January 25, 1901 – July 16, 1981) was an Tango pianist, composer, actor.was born in the now extinct Red-light district of the Barrio Sur of Montevideo, where his father owned a grocery.

Raúl Kaplún <=SEP=> Raúl Kaplún (November 11, 1910 - January 23, 1990) (born Israel Kaflún) was a well-known tango violinist, director and composer.

Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet <=SEP=> Renée Pietrafesa Bonnet (Montevideo, December 17, 1938) is a French/Uruguayan composer, pianist, organist, harpsichordist and conductor. Her compositions spanned both popular and classical genres which included Electroacoustic music.

Roberto Firpo <=SEP=> Roberto Firpo (May 10, 1884 – June 14, 1969) was an Argentine tango pianist, composer, and leader. Firpo was among the first innovators of classic tango music genre. He was the creator of the standard tango sextet (Orquesta típica), and the establisher of the piano in the tango orchestra.Firpo was born in the Flores district of Buenos Aires, where his father owned a grocery store.

Rodolfo Sciammarella <=SEP=> Rodolfo Sciammarella (1902–1973) was an Argentine composer who worked on many film scores during his career.

Roni Benise <=SEP=> Roni Benise (born 20th century), best known as Benise (pronounced Buh-nes-say),  is an American guitarist who describes his style as "nouveau spanish flamenco."After growing up in Nebraska, Benise moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue rock stardom.  After hearing flamenco music on the radio, he switched from electric guitar to nylon-stringed classical guitar.He began busking on the street and playing neighborhood theaters and flea markets.

Samuel Castriota <=SEP=> Samuel Castriota (November 2, 1885 – July 8, 1932) was a pianist, guitarist and composer.He is the composer of the tango Mi noche triste.

Saro Tribastone <=SEP=> Saro Tribastone (born 27 November 1966 in Ragusa) is an Italian composer, guitarist and performer of Mediterranean instrumental music who expresses his love for his homeland in Sicily though his composition and performances of acoustic music.

Serouj Kradjian <=SEP=> Serouj Kradjian is an Armenian-Canadian pianist and composer.

Southern cone music <=SEP=> Southern Cone music, includes the music of Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. It comes in many varieties. From the Argentine tango, to the Electro music, from the cuarteto to RockIn Argentina the tango is perhaps the most famous music, becoming famous all around the world. Others include the Chacarera, Cueca, Zamba and Chamamé. More modern rhythms include  El Cuarteto, and Electro music. Argentine rock was most popular during the 60s, and still remains Argentina's most popular music.

Suite Punta del Este <=SEP=> Suite Punta del Este is a tango nuevo work for orchestral strings and a bandoneón written by the Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla in 1982. Punta del Este is an Uruguayan resort where the artist spent many summers and particularly enjoyed shark fishing.It is broken into 3 movements:I. Introduccion: Allegro pesanteII. Coral: AdagioIII.

Sérgio Assad <=SEP=> Sérgio Assad (born 26 December 1952) is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother, Odair Assad in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers or Duo Assad. Their younger sister Badi Assad, is also guitarist.

Tanghetto <=SEP=> Tanghetto is a musical group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important on the neo tango scene.The style of Tanghetto is a blend of tango and electronic music. The experimentation in studio started in 2001, but Tanghetto was formed as a band in late 2002. Tanghetto's concept was conceived by producer / composer / songwriter Max Masri and joined in the project by guitarist / composer Diego S. Velázquez.

Tango <=SEP=> Tango  is a partner dance that originated in the 1890s along the River Plate, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay, and soon spread to the rest of the world.Early tango was known as tango criollo (Creole tango). Today, there are many forms of tango extant.

Tango (Martins) <=SEP=> Tango is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Peter Martins to Stravinsky's Tango (1940) arranged 1953 by the composer. The premiere took place September 14, 1983 at Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen; the NYCB premiere was in February, 1984.

Tango music <=SEP=> Tango is a style of music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the "Rioplatenses"). It is traditionally played on a solo guitar, guitar duo, or an ensemble, known as the orquesta típica, which includes at least two violins, flute, piano, double bass, and at least two bandoneóns. Sometimes guitars and a clarinet join the ensemble. Tango may be purely instrumental or may include a vocalist.

Tangocrisis <=SEP=> Tangocrisis, previously known as 020 (or zero2zero) is an Argentine rock / pop / fusion band from Buenos Aires, and one of very few to introduce tango elements in a rock context. The project was first conceived as 020 in early 1999 by producers and composers Max Masri and Diego S. Velázquez, who eventually rose to notoriety with their electrotango group Tanghetto, the latter formed in 2001.020 released a full studio album in 2002 named End of Illusions.

Tangomarkkinat <=SEP=> The Tangomarkkinat is the world's oldest tango festival. It is held early every July in Seinäjoki, Finland. As well as competitions to find the country's best tango singers, composers, and dancers, the festival features public dancing to live music provided by the best Finnish entertainers. Music for public dancing is not restricted to tango: it includes all the dance rhythms popular in Finland: but tango content must, according to the rules, be at least 40%.

The Rough Guide to Tango (1999 album) <=SEP=> The Rough Guide to Tango is a world music compilation album originally released in 1999. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, the album presents the tango music of Argentina with an eye toward the history of the genre, featuring 78 rpm recordings to tracks of the modern day. Teddy Peiro & Tom Andrews wrote the liner notes, and Phil Stanton—co-founder of the World Music Network—produced and compiled the album. This release was followed by a second edition a decade later.

The Tango Saloon <=SEP=> The Tango Saloon is an experimental tango band from Sydney, Australia. Their self-titled debut, a "tango-flavored album with a twist of spaghetti western", was released in 2006 by Ipecac Recordings, the American record label run by Mike Patton and Greg Werckman. It was described by Greg Prato of Allmusic (All Music Guide) as "a musical breath of fresh air in the often foul-smelling state of modern popular music".

Thomas Newman <=SEP=> Thomas Montgomery Newman (born October 20, 1955) is an American composer best known for his many film scores.Newman has been nominated for twelve Academy Awards and three Golden Globes, and has won two BAFTAs, six Grammys and an Emmy Award. Newman was honored with the Richard Kirk award at the 2000 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music.

Timo Alakotila <=SEP=> Timo Alakotila is a Finnish composer, arranger, and musician born July 15, 1959.Timo Alakotila's range of music styles stretches from Finnish folk music of the pelimanni  style over some jazz influences to more or less Finnish style Tango (music)tangos, and with some extensions to classical music. He is one of the founding members of the well-known Finnish folk fiddler group JPP of the Kaustinen tradition, where he plays harmonium, and in the similar group Troka.

Tipica Tangarte <=SEP=> Orquesta Típica Tangarte, is an Argentinian–Swedish tango orchestra from Malmö, Sweden. The group is under musical and artistic direction of Juanjo Passo, who founded the group in 1999. Their music is primarily played for dancing. The orchestra's music is the tango from Rio de la Plata, a repertoire with a great variety from the 1940s and −50s up to this date.

Toivo Kärki <=SEP=> Toivo Pietari Johannes Kärki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈto͡iʋo ˈkærki]; 3 December 1915 in Pirkkala – 30 April 1992 in Helsinki) was a Finnish composer, musician, music producer and arranger. He is especially remembered for his collaboration with Reino Helismaa.Kärki composed approximately 1400 recorded compositions, many of which had several versions, and wrote hundreds of unrecorded songs. He composed the music for about 50 films, several revues, theatrical plays, and radio comedies.

Totentango <=SEP=> Totentango is a short orchestral work by the British composer Matthew King, commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra who premiered the work in the Barbican Hall in London in February 2010. The conductor at the first performance was Pavel Kotla.

Unto Mononen <=SEP=> Unto Mononen  (October 23, 1930, Muolaa – June 28, 1968, Somero) was a Finnish songwriter and musician. He is best known for his numerous tango compositions including the famous Finnish tango song, "Satumaa". His first name was originally Uuno.

Victor Herbert <=SEP=> Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor.  Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I.  He was also prominent among the tin pan alley composers and was later a founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

Witold Lutosławski <=SEP=> Witold Roman Lutosławski (Polish: [ˈvitɔld lutɔsˈwafski]; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and orchestral conductor. He was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the preeminent Polish musicians during his last three decades. He earned many international awards and prizes.

Women composers of Catholic music <=SEP=> Since the Middle Ages, women including Hildegard of Bingen and Vittoria Aleotti have been composing music for the church. American, Australian,Filipino and English Catholic hymn collections dating from the first half of the 20th century included hymns and service music by women religious living in convents. Because of their vows of humility, authorship of their compositions was identified only by the composer's first name, initials, or the city where her convent was located.

Władysław Daniłowski <=SEP=> Władysław Daniłowski (also known by his pseudonyms Władysław Dan and Walter Dana, April 26, 1902 - March 4, 2000) was a Polish and American pianist, composer and singer. A pioneer of jazz and tango in Poland, in the United States he is best known as a promoter of polka music. He wrote the score for the first Polish sound film.Born April 26, 1902 in Warsaw, then in the Russian-held Congress Poland, to a renowned Polish writer and revolutionary Gustaw Daniłowski.

Ángel Villoldo <=SEP=> Ángel Gregorio Villoldo Arroyo (16 February 1861 -14 October 1919) was an Argentine musician and one of the pioneers of tango. He was born south of the city of Buenos Aires. He was lyricist, composer and one of the major singers of the era. He is also known by the pseudonyms A. Gregorio, Fray Pimiento, Gregorio Giménez, Angel Arroyo and Mario Reguero.