Re: Comparing Incomparables (and some Tango)

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

I believe the world-wide Argentine tango craze of the '20s had a lot to do with
Hollywood (Valentino, anyone?), and so was an out-growth of the spread of
American popular culture in general.  So, you find it represented in popular
music, and being played by professional musicians, who in many cases were Jews 
or
Gypsies.  The Russian style of tango (eg. "Sertse") is called  Gypsy music, to
distinguish it from anything arising out of Russian folk culture.

Owen   (font of information, both mis- and dis-; general blow-hard; Wastrel of
the Waveband)

HNetsky (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> I don't know about Jewish origins of tango, but I do hope people become aware
> of the wonderful tangoes that led the hit parade in Poland in the 1920s by
> Jewish composers such as Petersburgski and Gold.  The best recordings are
> perhaps by Miescieslaw Fogg (orig. Fogel).  This is of course not to mention
> our many wonderful Yiddish tangoes that followed.  --Hankus
>

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Owen Davidson
Amherst  Mass
The Wholesale Klezmer Band

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