Re: [Tango-L] Bandoneon's Complaints

2010-09-09 Thread Alberto Gesualdi
pinion, as a countepart of grave voices, a kind of duetto of opera, where the high notes played by the bandoneon are sopranos or tenor voices, and the grave notes contralto or bass voices. everything is possible :) warm regards alberto --- El lun 6-sep-10, Phil Seyer escribió: > De: Phil Sey

[Tango-L] Bandoneon's Complaints

2010-09-09 Thread Charles Roques
As in other languages, song lyrics and poetry in Spanish are always not literally translatable. "Quejas" could mean several things, including laments, as in "The Bandoneon's Lament." That is one way it has been translated. Cheers Charles ___ Tango-L m

[Tango-L] Bandoneon's Complaints

2010-09-09 Thread Phil Seyer
Was wondering if anyone has an idea about meaning behind the tango tune entitled Quejas de Bandoneon. It literally means Bandoneon's Complaints. Perhaps "the wail of the Bandoneon?" Wail means to cry softly or make a sad sound -- I've heard wail used in a different sense, too, meaning to improvise