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Tango
Stylistic origins
Habanera, Milonga, Polka
Cultural origins
1850s-1880s urban Argentina and Uruguay
Typical instruments
Bandone?n, piano, guitar, violin, double bass, human voice and more
Mainstream popularity
Rioplatense working class urban areas until the 1910s; upper and middle class cosmopolitan urban areas thereafter
Derivative forms
Canyenge, Maxixe, Tango Waltz
Subgenres
Finnish tango, Ballroom Tango, Tango Fantasia, Tango Nuevo, Tango Argentino, Tango Oriental, Tango Liso, Tango Salon, Tango Orillero, Tango Milonguero
Fusion genres
Alternative tango, Tango Electronico
Other topics
Tango music
A couple dances Argentine Tango.
Photo by Raphael Koerich.
Tango is a musical genre and its associated dance forms that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay and spread to the rest of the world soon after that.
Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango. Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango and vintage tangos. What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though other types of tango have developed into mature dances in their own right.
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