[Marxism] I promise a longer posting on tango, but

["Nestor Gorojovsky" <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

for the time being, I would like to state that not only tango, also 
Argentinean inland country folklore are very popular in Japan.

We have received many excellent Japanese tango singers, and one of 
them, in particular, Ranko Fujisawa, won our hearts for ever. She was 
an extraordinary singer, and could have been a Buenos Aires-born 
tango performer.

As to the history of tango, there are many mistakes and inaccuracies 
in the text that Louis has sent to the list.

Two basic issues: (a) it is not true that during the 30s tango was 
ever persecuted. Much to the contrary, this is one of its greatest 
moments (Gardel died in 1938).  There was some persecution during the 
1943-45 government, but this is an entirely different thing.  

(b) there are two kinds of "milonga".  One of them is the urban 
"milonga", which is the one that J.B. refers to, and then you have 
the "milonga surera"  (Southerner milonga) which is the "milonga" of 
the gauchos.

Finally, for the time being: perhaps you did not know it, but tango 
and early jazz share their origin, and this common origin does not 
lie in Negro music (which of course has a strong influence, 
particularly on the urban milonga, originally a Negro dance) but in 
the "habanera", a common source coming from Southern Spain.

Through the Antilles and the Caribbean the "habanera"  reached New 
Orleans, and Buenos Aires.  Along the way, some tangos were written 
by the turn of the 19th/20th Century in --Rio de Janeiro!

Will return on this fascinating piece of history.  The history of 
tango is deeply enmeshed with the history of Argentina, and not only 
with immigrants.

Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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"Sí, una sola debe ser la patria de los sudamericanos".
Simón Bolívar al gobierno secesionista y disgregador de 
Buenos Aires, 1822
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