> Milonga pre-dated tango. > > The milonga we dance nowadays [2 beats to the bar, fastish ,as in Milonga > sentimental] only goes back to the 30's. The pre-dating one was a slow > dirge played by the payadores towards the end on the 19th Century and > hardly ever danced to. Piazzolla revived it in the 50's as "Milonga > Campera": "Oblivion", "Milonga del angel" &c....True. the milonga campera > eventually became more lively & turned into tango - that could be danced.
All the above is, I'm afraid, reproduction of myth and mis-information. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
