Article written for the online newspaper www
. lptango.com, director and editor Javier Salaverry
On March 11, 2011, marks ninety years
Birth Astor Piazzolla, composer exceptional
its mark and its knowledge of structures
music gave the character of symphonic tango,
accessing the world stage.
Nothing was the same after Astor Piazzolla.
His work marked a turning point in the history of tango
,
Troileana Suite, Concerto for bandoneon and orchestra
, Adios Nonino, Libertango, Verano Porteño
and many more.
be nurtured from young composers of tango
as Julio de Caro, Gobbi,
Aníbal Troilo and others.
And he knew from very young to be
deepen the study of composition, had two great teachers
Alberto Ginastera and Nadia Boulanger,
taught the techniques of composition, but they did find
mainly with himself.
The composition incorporates new sounds,
for example with the violin bow scraped
underneath the strings, using the resonance
box with the same bass and bandoneon, copied
sounds after all. Counterpoint,
leaks and new harmonic forms. It reads:
"Tango is
four times, that is four by four.
I use three, a configuration which
introduced in the four by four, used three times
stuck in those cuatro.Fui
that I start this now
used frequently. Furthermore
arrangers wrote more a purely parallel. I got
counterpoint, moving voices, and harmonies had leaks
new "
Tango is the twenty-first century, without question.
There is an anecdote that shows him fully
body and soul.
Astor says:
"For years
sentado.Ahi touch felt the need to seek other posición.Me
stop, key
left leg on the floor and arrange the bandoneon
on the right ... Since then I play with
my guts on the bellows, if I even think
dance together, the bandoneon and me. " Making
this story
parallel with his music, his compositions
determines that the tango is elevated to the highest level of world music.
Lila Oliva.
Curator and Executive Board Member of Astor Piazzolla Foundation
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