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Instrumental Rubato and Phrase Structure in Astor Piazzolla's Music

2002; University of Texas Press; Volume: 23; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/lat.2002.0006

1536-0199

Martín Kutnowski,

Music History and Culture

It is well known that, beginning in the mid 1950s, Astor Piazzolla started down a compositional path, one that transformed the traditional tango of the "Golden Age" into the so-called tango nuevo. 2 The innovations were many: small, chamber-like ensembles in place of the traditional orquesta típica; a more ambitious harmonic palette; a contrapuntal language reminiscent of Baroque textures; and a general expansion of the genre as a whole, one that took it out of the ballroom and made it appropriate for the concert hall.