SAA 10: Arts Encounters: Exploring Arts Literacy in the Twenty-First Century
Libertango by Astor Piazzolla
from Perfumes de Tango by the group Tango X 2 Company; no number
The tango became an enormously popular dance starting in the 1920s. A popular dance that was all the rage we would think of reflexively as popular music. But in the hands of composers like Piazzolla it became rich and complex in a way that we associate with so-called art music. Which is it? Do we have to decide?