History

At the end of the 19th century, when Buenos Aires was expanding over the deserted "Pampa", a new sound and expression was born. Borrowing music and movement from Central America, the Spanish "Tango Andaluz", Africa, and the Milongas, the traveling singers (payadores) performing through out the countryside; this mixture of European and African themes and emotions brought by the immigrants, exemplified the beginning of a new music--"TANGO".... (MORE)
 


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