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Piazzolla did not write music for dancing in the tango salon.
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Europe was reintroduced to tango in the 1970s, mainly through Piazzolla.
Astor lived in New York during his youth. At the age of eight he received a bandoneon, although he would have preferred roller skates. Astor was captivated by Bach, which he tried to play.
Back in Buenos Aires he turned professional in 1938. Astor worked in the cabarets. Every night he sat listening to Aníbal Troilo and his orchestra; he joined the orchestra.
Piazzolla learned new sounds and harmonies through classical composers such as Bartók and Stravinsky. In 1944 Astor left the orchestra. Piazzolla was ambitious and developed his own style with new harmonic forms.
He won a scholarship to Paris and apprenticed with Nadia Boulanger. She advised him to create something new from the tango.
Astor added a drum kit and electric guitar, the tango nuevo was born. The tango audience also disapproved of this, and he left his homeland. The audience wanted danceable tangos.
In 1958 he founded a quintet under the name Jazz Tango, in which he combined tango classics with jazz music. Piazzolla regretted this period for artistic reasons.
He was performing in Puerto Rico when his father, he always called him Nonino, died. Back in New York, he “saw his father everywhere.” His family retreated to the kitchen. At first it was quiet, then they heard him playing the piano, the melody was very sad.
He composed Adiós Nonino.