This is my translation of a section from an article by Juan Carlos Caceres.
Source:Nana García Santa Cruz de Tenerife http://www.diariodeavisos.com/diariodeavisos/content/290430/ Diluted Origens With the pass of time Tango has become a music style recognized in the whole world, however when we spoke about the origins of tango it became a subject of antagonism, because at determined time there was a negation of our political and social history in our country. A culture was fabricated to showcase immigrants and denying our past. This is how the tango as an artistic expression was born through a process of multicultural multiethnic mixing between the massive European immigration, which settled in the Rio de la Plata and at the end of the 19th century and the native population: where one third was black. Paradoxically the tango was the result of the mixing and therefore was considered the music of the dispossessed. First, of all the places which congregated in a spontaneous manner, the interchange of their cultural their cultural differences resulted in the Tango. Of the black sources in tango, which Carlos Caceres considers the most hidden part, the dance was born. This is the most popular expression of urban roots. According to the musician, the first musicians and dancers were afro argentines and afro Uruguayans. After the second half of the nineteen century they distance themselves of their African heritage and cult to the voodoo and macumba practices, and recovered the rhythm, and the candombe. Then, they continue mixing spontaneously with the couple dances given as result the Cuban habanera and the milonga at the south of Brazil. Carlos Caceres recognizes that the tango primitivo is not related to the tango nowadays, which he thinks has become a commercialized dance, and despite its flaws, a music foundation of high quality has been created. With the pass of time Carlos considers that this Tango music became sophisticated and was made more European. It dressed up in tuxedo in Paris, and afterwards returns to Argentina, and continues with its well know history. This part of Tango is of least interest to Carlos Caceres, although his interpretations are modern. Author of reference With 72 years of age Juan Carlos Caceres has become an obligated author of reference for many artists inside and outside of Argentina, not only because of his persistent research on the roots of tango, which he references in his compositions as author and composer, but rather as the alma mater of the mythic cave called Pasarotus. This is a jazz club and meeting point of revolutionary tendencies in his native Buenos Aires. In addition to an ample public in Europe and Asia, artists like Fito Paez, Calamaro and the Makaroff brothers celebrate him dearly. In addition to an ample public in Europe and Asia, artists like Fito paez, Calamaro and the Makaroff brothers celebrate him dearly. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
