The tango - how can there be so much feeling in so few notes? Browse our sheet music and scores, try works by Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla and many more, and immerse yourself in the electrifying world of tango with Stretta Music today!
There are many theories about the origin of the tango. The word tango is thought to have been used in the Congo, the Gulf of Guinea and the South Sudan to refer to a meeting place. There is evidence of the same word being used for slave dance meetings in Buenos Aires, and also in Montevideo as early as 1789.
Names of other Latin American dances also have African origins, such as the milonga or the candombe, but this does not mean that the tango originates from African Music. The tango, born on both sides of the Rio de La Plata between Argentina and Uruguay, is the musical result of waves of immigration in the mid-19th century, a wonderful mixture of cultures, rhythms and musical forms including the Payada, Milonga, Habanera, Andalusian Tango, Mazurka, Polka, Waltz, Zarzuela, Sainete and many more.
Although the bandoneon is synonymous with tango today, it did not feature in tango music until the late 19th century. Until then, the line-up consisted of guitar, violin and flute. The flute gradually disappeared, being replaced by the piano, and shortly after the bandoneon was introduced.
In 1925, the Tangos by Carlos Gardel achieved international fame, with hits such as Por una cabeza and Volver, and along with Astor Piazzolla, in the film adaptation of El día que me quieras, named after the famous tango.
Through the works of Astor Piazzolla, particularly his Adiós Nonino, and classical composers like Igor Stravinsky, with his Tango by Stravinsky, the tango has become an integral part of classical concerts world-wide.
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473966
for: Choral
Choir score
Item no.: 484927
clarinet quartet (2 Bb clar, Eb alto clar (or 3d Bb clar), bass clar.)
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530973
Regina Konzert + Tanz Serie
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 374764
for: Accordion
Item no.: 265719
Tango Argentino für Salonorchester
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 337250
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 405374
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 414979
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 564821
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 363084
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1105189
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 292826
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 265871
op. 165/2
for: Salon orchestra
Piano score (conductor)
Item no.: 757234
for: Mandolin orchestra
Score
Item no.: 210742
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 222362
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 310352
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 168250
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1000354
for: 4 cellos, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1713497
for: Brass Quintet & String Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1650174
for: Trumpet, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1649568
for: Trumpet, String Orchetra & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1649566
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1190779
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 560041
for: Accordion
CD
Item no.: 320298
"Silfo y Ondina"
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135523
Single edition
Item no.: 410580
ADE-Trio Nr.14
for: Trompete in C/B, Viola (Violine) und Keyboard
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1043904
Honeyrock
for: 2 marimbas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 469304
Instrumentalstimmen
Instrumentalstimmen
for: String orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 166209
for: AKK (KEYB)
Single edition
Item no.: 160022
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 294691
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 374995
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 273298
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 345650
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