I was playing music from argentina a while ago on the guitar when I was pupil at the conservatory. My teacher was (and is) married to an argentinian with good connections to the "folk" scene there. So I had the pleasure to get a good and comprehensive introduction into this music. It is really far away from simple music and rather folk art like *real* flamenco (not that kind you will usually hear being played on the radio). Those who are still play guitar should try their fingers on the music of Maximo Diego Pujol (often based on tango nuevo, chacareras, Milongas etc. my friends made a very recommendable recording: Maximo Diego Pujol: Tiempo del Hombre, Jutta Wenzlaff&Thomas Bittermann, Cecilia Nieva Bittermann, no ordering number found - if someone's interested I'll forward a mail adress). I think some early recordings of Atahualpa Yupanqui are still (or again) available which are worth to listen to. For those who rather like the more popular side of argentinian (guitar) music I would like to adress to Jos� Luis Merlin whose compositions are easier accessible and may give a simple introduction into the complex topic: Jos� Luis Merlin: Atardecer en las Cuesta Blanca (Obras de Piazolla, Yupanqui y Merlin), Shamrock Records 1029-2. Somewhere I have Merlin's email adress but I am not sure if it's still valid.
Best wishes Thomas Am Die, 2004-06-15 um 11.26 schrieb Ariel Abramovich: > > > Not willing to fall into an endless discussion about an item that doesn't > fully interest many of us, > I should say that most of you hear in the streets played by South American > musicians trying to make a living, has little to do with their original > (authentic?) music.- It is a bit like the tango that people dance here in > the European streets. You wouldn't see that in a "milonga" (the place where > people dance) in Buenos Aires- > Normally they take a melody and give to it a kind of "exotic" atmosphere, > but that's it. > I know people who spent many years doing research over that music, and if > something can be said about it, is that isn't easy or simple. > > > > > -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
