Now Hear This "Piazzolla's History with Tango" Preview
Preview: Season 50 Episode 13 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo.
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the music genre itself as it becomes fused with jazz across time and numerous instruments.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Now Hear This "Piazzolla's History with Tango" Preview
Preview: Season 50 Episode 13 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Tango to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with host Scott Yoo and flutist Alice Dade to explore the evolution of composer Astor Piazzolla’s work and the music genre itself as it becomes fused with jazz across time and numerous instruments.
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Join me on a trip through Buenos Aires to learn the tango.
This is all part of getting to know Astor Piazzolla, an Argentine composer who fell in love with tango.
The violín-corneta.
Have you ever seen one of these?
I've never - I've never seen this before.
It is like the love child of a trumpet and a violin.
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Julio de Caro's Strange Violin
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Watch host Scott Yoo play Julio de Caro's violín-corneta. (2m 43s)
A Master Violinist Gets a Violin Lesson
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Watch Scott Yoo get a lesson in playing tango. (3m 15s)
A (Short) History of Tango in Buenos Aires
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Learn about the history of tango in Buenos Aires. (1m 2s)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...