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Astor Piazzolla

11 mar 1921 (Mar del Plata) -


Books about Astor Piazzolla and his music

bookNatalio Gorin and Astor Piazzolla Astor Piazzolla : A Memoir
Amadeus Press, 2003; ISBN 1574670670; 260 pages Price indication: $ 15.61
bookMaria Susana Azzi Astor Piazzolla: Su Vida Y Su Musica
El Ateneo, 2004; ISBN 9500286734; 526 pages Price indication: $ 24.95
bookYo-Yo Ma and Maria Susana Azzi and Simon Collier Le Grand Tango: The Life and Music of Astor Piazzolla
Oxford University Press, 2000; ISBN 0195127773; 326 pages
Astor Piazzolla was a musical genius, a man who used the national dance of Argentina as raw material for a whole new musical genre. In Le Grand Tango, Maria Susana Azzi and Simon Collier vividly capture the life of this extraordinary musician--a visionary who won worldwide acclaim, but sparked bitter controversy in his native land. Azzi and Collier trace Piazzolla's early life from his birth in Argentina in 1921 to his childhood years on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where he first developed a talent for the bandoneon, the accordion-like instrument central to the tango. They describe his return to Argentina at age 16 and his rapid rise in the intoxicating world of tango, where he quickly earned a place with the leading dance band, and then formed his own group. But at the height of his success, Piazzolla decided to take tango music to a new level and studied composition with the legendary Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Combining deft musical analysis and intriguing personal insight, Azzi and Collier show how he created a dramatically new style of tango music influenced by jazz and classical pieces--a tango music meant for listening, not dancing. But they also show that, in the birthplace of the tango, he met fierce resistance. He eventually left Argentina for Europe, where he emerged as an international celebrity. Since Piazzolla's death in 1992, his influence has only grown. Jazz giants such as Gary Burton and Al Di Meola--and classical stars Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, and Daniel Barenboim--have all recorded albums of his works. Now Azzi and Collier have given us the first biography of this astonishingly gifted musician. Price indication: $ 38.00
bookCarlos Kuri The Piazzolla La Musica Limite
Corregidor, 1992; ISBN 9500506955; 229 pages Price indication: $ 11.70

Sheet music, libretti, etc.

Music Minus One Guitar: Piazzolla, Histoire du Tango and other Latin Classics for Guitar & Flute Duet (Book & CD) - Music Minus One
Perform a timeless Piazzolla duet for Guitar and Flute with accompaniment! Perfect for practice, rehearsal, auditions, contest solos, performances, and more! Guitar and flute virtuosi Christian Reichert and Katarzyna Bury bring you this album featuring Argentina's most fabled 20th-century tango composer, Astor Piazzolla, who wrote this suite of tango pieces bridging a century of tango styles, drawn in a rich pallette for guitar and flute duet. Alongside this wondrous composition is a quartet of dance classics from such composers as Enrique Granados and Pablo de Sarasate. Sensational music and not to be missed! <P>Includes an authoritative, newly engraved music score printed on high-quality ivory paper, and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist; then a second version in digital stereo of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist.



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