THE FORMATION OF THE TANGO GENRE IN THE CONTEXT OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA'S WORK
Abstract
The aim of the article is to highlight the formation and development of the tango genre in the context of Astor Piazzolla's work.
Research methodology: To achieve the goal and solve the set tasks, the following research methods were applied: historical retrospective – allowed to realize the process of rethinking the formation and development of tango from the traditional «Argentine» to the modern «Nuevo» of Astor Piazzolla; of comparative analysis – helped to compare as separate segments of ancient Argentine folk dance, free composition, with an energetic and clear rhythm to the form of a concert author's work, fantasy, improvisation, enriching it with a wide range of performance, articulation, dynamic, textural, timbre and technical possibilities; systematic – a step-by-step study of the evolution of tango from its birth to professional concert-performance formation in the context of Piazzolla's work; abstraction – identification and verification of the objectivity of facts and information regarding the subject of research; classifications – made it possible to logically divide the Argentine tango genre into several types; synthesis and generalization – elaboration of the researched material and formulation of intermediate and general conclusions.
Results. One of the most daring attempts of the outstanding Argentinian, Astor Piazzolla, is to rethink the popular musical tradition of tango, to raise this popular musical genre to a qualitatively new professional level, using a wide range of articulation, dynamic, textural, timbre and technical properties of the bandoneon. The bright artistic individuality of the
composer has long been recognized by performing musicians and music critics. The «revolution» he declared in the world of tango masked the deeply conservative features of his music, including the longing for recognition in his native lands. The unique and unique synthesis of A. Piazzolla's music made it possible to find a new way of embodying feelings, thanks to the use of the national musical language, understood by millions of enthusiastic fans of the work of the Argentine composer. He enriched world music classics with a musical genre unmatched in depth and drama – Nuevo Tango. His musical creations and boundless dedication to his art can without exaggeration be called the «genre of immortality». In the history of Argentina, the figure of the composer is forever engraved with the name El Grand Astor (The Great Astor).
The novelty of Latin American dance revived from the past lies in its modification on a qualitatively new level of musical thinking – a classical art form that has organically fit into the context of world musical culture. The composer highlighted the poetics of tango, interpreting it in the genres of academic music, symphonies and ballets. Just as I. Strauss raised the waltz, polka from the dance hall to the level of the concert stage, and F.Chopin – waltzes, mazurkas and polonaises, Piazzolla gave tango the form of a concert work, fantasy, improvisation, simultaneously enriching his works with Latin American rhythms of rumba and samba.
