The tango - how can there be so much feeling in so few notes? Browse our sheet music and scores, try works by Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla and many more, and immerse yourself in the electrifying world of tango with Stretta Music today!
There are many theories about the origin of the tango. The word tango is thought to have been used in the Congo, the Gulf of Guinea and the South Sudan to refer to a meeting place. There is evidence of the same word being used for slave dance meetings in Buenos Aires, and also in Montevideo as early as 1789.
Names of other Latin American dances also have African origins, such as the milonga or the candombe, but this does not mean that the tango originates from African Music. The tango, born on both sides of the Rio de La Plata between Argentina and Uruguay, is the musical result of waves of immigration in the mid-19th century, a wonderful mixture of cultures, rhythms and musical forms including the Payada, Milonga, Habanera, Andalusian Tango, Mazurka, Polka, Waltz, Zarzuela, Sainete and many more.
Although the bandoneon is synonymous with tango today, it did not feature in tango music until the late 19th century. Until then, the line-up consisted of guitar, violin and flute. The flute gradually disappeared, being replaced by the piano, and shortly after the bandoneon was introduced.
In 1925, the Tangos by Carlos Gardel achieved international fame, with hits such as Por una cabeza and Volver, and along with Astor Piazzolla, in the film adaptation of El día que me quieras, named after the famous tango.
Through the works of Astor Piazzolla, particularly his Adiós Nonino, and classical composers like Igor Stravinsky, with his Tango by Stravinsky, the tango has become an integral part of classical concerts world-wide.
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat), piano; guitar, bandoneon, bass ad lib.
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5008
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 584335
for: Guitar
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1612288
for: Guitar
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1561407
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 103377
für Viola und Klavier
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311664
Tango argentino
Arrangement
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 745251
Tango
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 170897
for: Accordion, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 367595
for: 2 flutes, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562756
14 lateinamerikanische Tänze
for: 3 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 602953
Klassik
for: Guitar, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 271120
Album
Album: Todo Buenos Aires/La Mufa/Lunfardo/Tango del Diabolo u. a.
for: Piano (2 hands/4 hands)
Item no.: 136412
for Piano, Bandoneon, Violin, Guitar and Double bass
Parts
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473912
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 218619
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473982
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948246
for: Piano 4 hands
Piano score
Item no.: 581997
Three Finnish Tangos
for: Viola, piano
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 655830
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 619104
Komplettfassung (einschließlich Klavier- und Violinbegleitung)
Fiddler Collection
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 370082
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 557891
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 674429
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 183963
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724444
für Akkordeon und Klavier
for: Accordion, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 135533
Selected Greatest Hits by Carlos Gardel arranged for Piano Solo by Luis Bacalov
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 656099
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 775059
Tango toujours für Akkordeon
for: Accordion
Music score, CD
Item no.: 369375
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 549430
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 583364
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473967
for: Bandoneon, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 472831
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 331436
for: FL KLAR HRN FAG VL KLAV
Score
Item no.: 314852
Score
Item no.: 279720
9 repräsentative Tangos vom Wegbereiter des Tango Argentino
for: Accordion
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 623426
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 277460
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 661029
für Klarinette und Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 664239
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 177241
John Williams Signature Edition
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 572466
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 289074
for: 2 clarinets [saxophones] (same pitch)
Ensemble score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 4886
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 480306
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 561338
(Stimmen leihweise erhältlich)
Partitur
for: 2 FL 2 OB 2 KLAR 2 FAG 4 HRN 3 TRP 3 POS TUBA SCHLAGZ PK STR
Conductor score
Item no.: 225851