Tango is a 1940 piece originally composed for piano by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It is one of Stravinsky’s most recorded works for piano.
After settling in Hollywood, Stravinsky was unable to bring the money he earned from his royalties of his works in Europe to America, due to copyright issues and ambiguities. When he found himself with financial difficulties, he decided to write new compositions entirely in America in order to exploit them, with the exclusive intention of making money. Tango, which was the first work entirely written in America, is one of those works.
One of the most rhythmically regular works by Stravinsky, the Tango consists of 4/4 bars in four-bar phrase structures. However, this Tango does not follow the rhythmic logic used in Argentinian Tangos: syncopation is almost never used on the last beat of every bar, but it is used on the second instead. This provides the work with a distinctive atmosphere. Unlike some of Stravinsky’s post-European works, the Tango is a tonal work. It is in the key of D minor, and modulates to D major in the central trio-like section.
(Wikipedia)
Once again, the audio AND the sheet music are NOT mine. Please change quality to 480p if the video is blurry.
Original audio:
(Performance by: Michel Béroff)
Original sheet music: music/
NB. If my memory is right, YouTube user Astathis once uploaded this video but was removed for some reason.
NB. Inspired by this, I once attempted to make a tango piece of my own, which unfortunately, was trashed out.
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