Tango world wide and North African music web site

[Eva Broman <evbr4965...>]

Hi everyone,

Concerning the "Jewish tango" thread, I'd like to add some observations/links 
concerning tango and it's international popularity. Our Eastern neighbours (I'm 
Swedish) the Finns have a longstanding love affair with tango music and 
dance-to the point where tango is more or less considered their national 
pastime!;-). Here's are a few interesting URLs which give lots of interesting 
info on the northern "acculturation" of Argentinian tango:

http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/tangoeng.html

http://www.publiscan.fi/cu11e-9.htm

Tango was also popular in Greece in the thirties and forties and many 
"European" (as opposed to "a la turca") composers adapted foreign tango tunes 
or wrote their own. According to Kostas Mylonas who has written a history of 
European style Greek popular music, the Argentinian maestro Eduardo Bianco 
frequently visited Greece with his orchestra in the late thirties, and even 
recorded songs specifically aimed at the Greek market. Even today, 
wedding/tavern bands will include a few tango tunes in their program for the 
elderly patrons, who often know how to dance a mean tango!

And finally, an interesting link on tango worldwide:

http://www.oriente.de/e/rien20.htm

Just to give this post some Jewish music content, I'll add a web site with 
Jewish music from Morocco and Tunisia, which might be useful for Fortuna:

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/6256/judeo.htm

All the best, Eva