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The music still has its tango feeling, the complex rhythmic and melodious entanglement that makes tango so unique. Gotan Project is a group that formed in 1999 in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff , and Christoph H. Muller.
Ángel Díaz (né Ángel Paya Díaz; 25 April 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – 11 December 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine tango singer. [1] In 1945, he joined the Florindo Sassone orchestra – in 1949, Alfredo Gobbi, then Ángel D'Agostino, and in 1950, Horacio Salgán, where he remained until 1956. [2]
It was among the tango standards selected by Plácido Domingo for his 1981 album Plácido Domingo Sings Tangos.; Selected by Julio Iglesias for his 1992 album Calor and again for his 1996 tango tribute Tango and covered to French (Je oublie que je t'aime), Italian (se ora avessi un po' di te) and Portuguese (Sonho Triste) version * Sung by Luis Miguel for his 1997 album Romances.
"Ay, ay, ay" is a Hispanic expression signifying dismay at a bad situation or state of affairs, rather more immediate and acute than the English "alas". Purely instrumental versions include arrangements for dance orchestras, jazz combinations and salon musicians. The autograph manuscript of the song is at PAU.
Its music was composed in 1915 by Samuel Castriota (1885–1932) as an instrumental tango, originally named Lita, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Soon after, Pascual Contursi (1888–1932) wrote the lyrics without the composer's permission in Montevideo, Uruguay, and named it "Percanta que me amuraste".
In the early 1950s, Mantovani recorded "A media luz" as an instrumental for An Album of Favourite Tangos. It was released as a single in America in 1953. [12] A version of the song by Jean Sablon with Toots Camarata and his Orchestra was released in America in September 1948 by RCA Victor. [13] [14]
Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (December 2, 1905 – July 25, 1995) [1] 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.
Argentine tango music is much more varied than ballroom tango music. A large amount of tango music has been composed by a variety of different orchestras over the last century. Not only is there a large volume of music, there is a breadth of stylistic differences between these orchestras as well, which makes it easier for Argentine tango ...