Talk A Tango

SEVENTH TANDA
THE TANGO REVOLUTION OF THE ROARING TWENTIES

After the end of WWI, tango, as other expressions of art, headed towards reform and renovation. A new generation of musicians formed under the shadow of the Old Guard began to question the dogmatic structure that prevailed in the composition and interpretation of tango music. The ample acceptance gained by the Orchestra Típica suggested new interpretative possibilities, but these possibilities stonewalled against the rigid instrumental execution in 2×4 mode. New ideas were in demand to produce popular music that would depart from the repetitive habanera-like style that had dominated tango music during the first two decades of the Twentieth Century. The anarchic style that characterized the initial times of the Guardia Vieja became outdated.

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