Don Voices
     
A unique collection of 26 popular Portuguese Fadosspecially arranged for guitar and piano.Includes full lyrics in Portuguese with English translations. A comprehensive introduction details the historyand development of fado music, and interesting background notes accompany each song. Fully illustrated throughout, this delightful book by one ofthe world’s leading authorities on fado presents a comprehensive and varied sample of Portugal’s enduring traditional music. In the past two decades tango has experienced a popular resurgence worldwide. Almost universally familiar as a dance form, tango is also a distinctive genre of song or canciónthat was born in the impoverished outskirts of late 19th-century Buenos Aires. Whether sung in Spanish, or, as would happen later, in Italian, Russian or even Arabic, tango canciónis a haunting and uniquely beautiful song form. In this book author Donald Cohen explores its history and presents its songs with the passion ofa true aficionado. Twenty-six songs illustrate the growth and diversity of tango canción, from its Argentine roots to its dissemination throughout Europe and into the Middle East and beyond. These songs are represented both in print – with melody lines, chord boxes and lyrics in their original language and in English – and through classic recordings by the original artists on the accompanying CD. Tango Voicesis not only the perfect introduction to one of World Music’s most expressive and seductive genres, but also a valuable resource for all existing lovers of the style of music that Enrique Santos Discépolo called ‘a sad thought that can be danced’.
         
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