Keith writes:
>Remember: there are no singers/lyrics until 40 or 50 years
>later (from the beginnings).
The earliest known tango is "Dame la lata" by Juan Perez.
It was written around 1880 or in the 1880's. It had
lyrics. According to your assertion, tango music existed
in 1840 and nobody
Ming Mar wrote:
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There is probably no "first" tango. For all anyone knows, it could have been a
Neopolitan folk song played on the flute. Like most music, tango was a hybrid
of several musical styles that evolved, but Keith is correct about the lack of
lyrics, although nothing is strictly
Do any recordings exist of "Dame la Lata?"
John Ward
Bristol, UK
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From: "Ming Mar"
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Subject: [Tango-L] Milonga, etc.
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> Keith writes:
>>Remember: there are no singers/lyrics until 40 or 50 years
>>later (from the beginn
Around 1880, Gauchos (cowboys) that normally brought cattle to Buenos aires
started to settle around the city.
They brought with them, their payadas and Milongas Camperas to the suburbs of
the city.
Here they interacted with African slaves that had their own dances called
Candombes. Th
--- On Sun, 8/2/09, jb34...@att.net wrote:
The good “nuevo dancers” dance anything from the
> close embrace club style to “nuevo” based on their mood
> and available space. I.e., they dance tango.
> For example, M & S did an underarm turn – they did it
> “tango like” IMHO.
One or two underarm t
The Argentine Murgas are groups that prepare dances and songs to perform and
parade during Carnival.
The way they dress, sing and dance reminds me of the way the Candombes were
done during the times after the independence of Argentina from Spain in 1810.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS7UPQ
> The good “nuevo dancers” dance anything from the
> close embrace club style to “nuevo” based on their mood
> and available space. I.e., they dance tango.
What do you call someone who can speak, read and write English, Japanese,
Swahili, and Russian with clarity, precision and humor in all lang
Brian, may I quote you on that?
I really fully believe all should re-read this and think... I use an
analogy of the Windows operating system.. but this, this is soo much
better.
2009/8/3 Brian Dunn
>
> > The good “nuevo dancers” dance anything from the
> > close embrace club style to “nuevo” bas
John Ward writes:
>Do any recordings exist of "Dame la Lata?"
http://grupos.emagister.com/ficheros/vcruzada?idGrupo=1542&idFichero=105073
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Mong, thanks for this...but I cannot get the song to play ( transferring
data stalls)...if anyone can make this work, I'd really appreciate a
post containing the track. thanks much,
Ilene
Ming Mar wrote:
>John Ward writes:
>
>
>>Do any recordings exist of "Dame la Lata?"
>>
>>
>
>http://g
OK, I guess I should explain how to download the MP3 file of
"Dame la lata." On the page at
http://grupos.emagister.com/ficheros/vcruzada?idGrupo=1542&idFichero=105073
you'll see a box with an orange arrow pointing down. In the
box are a bunch of words ending with "click aqui" in blue.
Cli
OK, it's been pointed out you have to log in first. Go to
http://grupos.emagister.com/
for Email use:
b122...@tyldd.com
for Contrasena use:
bugmenot
click on Acceder
then go to
http://grupos.emagister.com/ficheros/vcruzada?idGrupo=1542&idFichero=105073
look for the box with the orange a
Ok..I had to register for the group and was then able to hear it. (I
still havenl' seen the orange arrow for downloading). Great! thanks so
much.. it definitely sounds to me like those early milongas we've been
talking about... thankyou!
I.
Ming Mar wrote:
>OK, I guess I should explain how to
I have no issue with the views of Brian Dunn. But in my opinion, it's not
dealing with the fundamental problem facing many of us.
I believe a milonga is a venue of social dance, not a forum for experts. In
most fields including sports, experts interact with their peers in an
environment of equa
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