The tango - how can there be so much feeling in so few notes? Browse our sheet music and scores, try works by Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla and many more, and immerse yourself in the electrifying world of tango with Stretta Music today!
There are many theories about the origin of the tango. The word tango is thought to have been used in the Congo, the Gulf of Guinea and the South Sudan to refer to a meeting place. There is evidence of the same word being used for slave dance meetings in Buenos Aires, and also in Montevideo as early as 1789.
Names of other Latin American dances also have African origins, such as the milonga or the candombe, but this does not mean that the tango originates from African Music. The tango, born on both sides of the Rio de La Plata between Argentina and Uruguay, is the musical result of waves of immigration in the mid-19th century, a wonderful mixture of cultures, rhythms and musical forms including the Payada, Milonga, Habanera, Andalusian Tango, Mazurka, Polka, Waltz, Zarzuela, Sainete and many more.
Although the bandoneon is synonymous with tango today, it did not feature in tango music until the late 19th century. Until then, the line-up consisted of guitar, violin and flute. The flute gradually disappeared, being replaced by the piano, and shortly after the bandoneon was introduced.
In 1925, the Tangos by Carlos Gardel achieved international fame, with hits such as Por una cabeza and Volver, and along with Astor Piazzolla, in the film adaptation of El día que me quieras, named after the famous tango.
Through the works of Astor Piazzolla, particularly his Adiós Nonino, and classical composers like Igor Stravinsky, with his Tango by Stravinsky, the tango has become an integral part of classical concerts world-wide.
for: 3 cellos
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1319
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 463598
for: Violin
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 659613
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio) [3 cellos]
Set of parts
Item no.: 563205
für Klavier zu vier Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 676758
for: Voice (high), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 143656
Sorcery
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734032
for: Piano 6 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 622484
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 619103
Musical journey from Tango to Samba for two violins
World Music
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 491328
for recitator, piano, bandoneon, violin, guitar and double bass
for: Voice, violin, bandoneon, electric guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 682651
for: Piano
Item no.: 145968
Stimmen
Stimmen
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 194427
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 218549
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 675977
for: Violine, BAND E-Orgel Klavier Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 473974
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473968
for: Bandoneon, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 472833
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 693047
for: 3 violins
Score, Parts
Item no.: 328558
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473969
based on “Por una Cabeza” by Carlos Gardel
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 746592
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1252035
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 179818
for: 2 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224424
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 478115
for: Flute, guitar
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 190302
for: Piano
Item no.: 262321
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 577200
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 659631
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 431483
for: 2 flutes, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 662227
Einzelausgabe
Music score
Item no.: 410508
bearbeitet für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin [cello], piano
Music score
Item no.: 186401
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 473988
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio) [3 cellos]
Set of parts
Item no.: 563206
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 473963
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 991022
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 432449
Band 1
for: 4 cellos
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 153985
for: Cello, piano
Book
Item no.: 632030
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 157065
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 338126
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score, online playback
Item no.: 1027043
for: Bandoneon, violin, guitar, double bass, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 133130
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 339287
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311673
(Tango)
for: 2 alto saxophones [tenor saxophones]
Music score
Item no.: 738105