Libertango
Sign in to saveLibertango is a composition by tango composer and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974 in Milan. The title is a portmanteau merging "Libertad" (Spanish for "liberty") and "tango", symbolizing Piazzolla's break from classical tango to tango nuevo.
Key facts
- Song.name
- Libertango
- Song.cover
- Astor Piazzolla - Libertango.jpg
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Astor Piazzolla
- Song.album
- Libertango
- Song.released
- 1974
- Song.recorded
- Milan, Italy
- Song.genre
- Tango nuevo
- Song.length
- 2:49
- Song.label
- Carosello
- Song.writer
- Astor Piazzolla
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- jazz fusion
- Composer
- Astor Piazzolla
- Performer
- Astor Piazzolla
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- publication date
- 1974-00-00
- title
- Libertango
- form of creative work
- instrumental music
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Performances
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- 1974 performance
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Libertango is a composition by tango composer and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla, recorded and published in 1974 in Milan. The title is a portmanteau merging "Libertad" (Spanish for "liberty") and "tango", symbolizing Piazzolla's break from classical tango to tango nuevo.
==Performances== Astor Piazzolla recorded and published Libertango in 1974 in Milan, symbolizing his break from classical tango to tango nuevo (see below for recording details). While touring, he and his band performed an extended version in 1977 for Radio Télévision Suisse Mosaique.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Libertango” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.