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: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612306
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561492
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 211205
Tango (mit Bandoneónstimme)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 218116
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 301582
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 1666862
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560158
for: GIT BAND KLAV KB
Score, Parts
Item no.: 484296
Einzelausgabe
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 410509
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Item no.: 410472
für 4 Gitarren Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 337445
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 170238
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 213209
for: Classical
Buch
Item no.: 248551
Big Band
for: Big band
Sheet music
Item no.: 590127
Akkordeon Ensemble
for: Accordion Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 589950
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675430
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 560775
13 grillenhafte Stücke für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 242711
from the Movie: Scent Of A Woman
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286705
from the Movie: Scent Of A Woman
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1286699
Piazzolla / Albéniz / Impertro
for: Viola
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 210223
Traditionelle Tangos und Milonga für Blechbläser (Ensemble/Posaunenchor)
Spielpartitur Trompeten in B
for: Brass ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 662465
for: Big band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643638
Big Band
for: Big band
Sheet music
Item no.: 591054
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378144
Blasorchester
for: 2 Trumpets or Cornets & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587826
8 Tangos
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1022070
Zwei Stücke für vier Gitarren und Bass (optional)
for: Mandolin orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 682232
sur des mélodies de Carlos Gardel (no. 5-7)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665891
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311667
Arco String Publications
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1061159
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 461446
Stimmen
Stimmen
for: FL E-GIT KB BAND KLAV
Set of parts
Item no.: 175692
Stimmensatz
Stimmensatz
for: BAND OB KB KLAV
Set of parts
Item no.: 339325
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 395682
Item no.: 614112
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 197242
nach Tschaikowsky op.77a
Aus dem Roman Schwanenröschen von Tschaikowsky
for: Violin, viola, cello, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 148949
for: Solo for Flute, Bassoon, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone, Violin or Violoncello & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259988
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 431696
für vier Saxophone (SATBar)
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 648105
for: VL BAND KB KLAV
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 175265
Piazzolla / Albéniz / Impertro
Diabelli-Trio
for: Flute, viola, guitar
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 167509
Tango
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 2
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 428875
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 736792
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 725462
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531071