Comments on: The Golden Age Visualized http://simbatango.com/2009/10/16/the-golden-age-visualized/ Reflexiones de un león Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:44:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simba http://simbatango.com/2009/10/16/the-golden-age-visualized/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Simba Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:54:40 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=956#comment-451 Thank you Janis, maybe it does, I am not quite sure. My immediate interpretation was that the three peaks correspond to the classification Stephen Brown uses, starting with 'Old guard' and 'Early Golden Age' before 'Golden Age'. But giving it some more thought, that might be a very dance-centric way of seeing it. If you want to count in Carlos Gardel, for instance, he died in 1935, and wouldn't make it. It seems that the term is somewhat ambiguous, but including the 20s makes a lot of sense. Only two short weeks now :) Thank you Janis,

maybe it does, I am not quite sure. My immediate interpretation was that the three peaks correspond to the classification Stephen Brown uses, starting with ‘Old guard’ and ‘Early Golden Age’ before ‘Golden Age’. But giving it some more thought, that might be a very dance-centric way of seeing it. If you want to count in Carlos Gardel, for instance, he died in 1935, and wouldn’t make it. It seems that the term is somewhat ambiguous, but including the 20s makes a lot of sense.

Only two short weeks now :)

]]> By: Janis http://simbatango.com/2009/10/16/the-golden-age-visualized/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Janis Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:32:18 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=956#comment-450 I was on the phone a couple hours ago with Carlos Alberto Anzuate (79) with whom I chat daily so he can take a break from attending his wife who has Alzheimers. I asked him, "when was the golden era of tango?" to which he replied, "1920 to 1940." Your first chart confirms it. Thanks for the informative post. I look forward to meeting you and your family next month in Buenos Aires. I was on the phone a couple hours ago with Carlos Alberto Anzuate (79) with whom I chat daily so he can take a break from attending his wife who has Alzheimers. I asked him, “when was the golden era of tango?” to which he replied, “1920 to 1940.” Your first chart confirms it. Thanks for the informative post.

I look forward to meeting you and your family next month in Buenos Aires.

]]> By: Simba http://simbatango.com/2009/10/16/the-golden-age-visualized/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Simba Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:54:34 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=956#comment-449 Interesting. That would cover almost all recorded tango. I still think it is more usual to use the 'golden age' for the period after D'Arienzo revitalized the tango (dance) scene with the return to 2x4 in 1935 (for which we can at least partly thank Biagi) and that it ended somewhere in the fifties. The Baroque period is often said to have ended with the death of J.S. Bach in 1750, so maybe the death of Carlos Di Sarli in Jan 1960 marks the end of the golden age of tango? No doubt there is a lot of good stuff from earlier times, but I always assumed it was the other way around with the recordings of the 20s, that they were unavailable because the really great stuff was mostly from the 40s, give or take a little, and thus in higher demand. Interesting. That would cover almost all recorded tango. I still think it is more usual to use the ‘golden age’ for the period after D’Arienzo revitalized the tango (dance) scene with the return to 2×4 in 1935 (for which we can at least partly thank Biagi) and that it ended somewhere in the fifties. The Baroque period is often said to have ended with the death of J.S. Bach in 1750, so maybe the death of Carlos Di Sarli in Jan 1960 marks the end of the golden age of tango?

No doubt there is a lot of good stuff from earlier times, but I always assumed it was the other way around with the recordings of the 20s, that they were unavailable because the really great stuff was mostly from the 40s, give or take a little, and thus in higher demand.

]]> By: TP http://simbatango.com/2009/10/16/the-golden-age-visualized/comment-page-1/#comment-448 TP Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:48:23 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=956#comment-448 haha...Simba, that's an interesting coincident. I have been listening and buying quite a few 20s music these couple of days. I was reading a Harlequin's cd pamphlet yesterday. And it claims the golden age is between 20s-50s. I guess that the reason why 20s isn't mentioned or heard or played as often is because most of the pieces were lost in years. The remaining tracks are mostly in poor conditions. But I must say that there are very interesting and beautiful pieces in 20s. haha…Simba, that’s an interesting coincident. I have been listening and buying quite a few 20s music these couple of days. I was reading a Harlequin’s cd pamphlet yesterday. And it claims the golden age is between 20s-50s. I guess that the reason why 20s isn’t mentioned or heard or played as often is because most of the pieces were lost in years. The remaining tracks are mostly in poor conditions. But I must say that there are very interesting and beautiful pieces in 20s.

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