This week's tanda is one of my favorite tandas to dance to by Osvaldo Pugliese. It has everything that makes Pugliese great. These songs are bold but tender, calm and then energetic. To enjoy dancing to his music, you have to be able to enjoy the silence. It is about the moments between the steps.  Many believe that you have to have a large vocabulary to dance to Pugliese, but actually I probably do less when dancing to his music. It is about patience, balance and the connection to your partner.

More about:

• Osvaldo Pugliese Tandas
  
• Osvaldo Pugliese Biography

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This weeks tanda is a classic golden age tanda by Anibal Troilo with Francisco Fiorentino singing. The combination of Troilo and Fiorentino is one of the greatest in tango. If you are a purest and absolutely must put 4 songs with singers and can't mix singers with instrumentals then "Yo Soy el Tango" would go great instead of "C.T.V."

Troilo is considered on of the four primary orchestras of Argentine tango including d'Arienzo, di Sarli, and Pugliese. He had a very long career and really contributed to the evolution of tango's sound. In Buenos Aires, you will see statues and paintings of Troilo all over the place and his music very loved by the older dancers. It has a lot of rhythm and strong melodies and gives dancers lots to work with.

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• Anibal Troilo Tandas
  

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This weeks tanda is a classic golden age tanda by Juan d'Arienzo with Hector Maure singing. From 1940 to 1944, d'Arienzo had a wonderful orchestra with Hector Maure singing and Fulvio Salamanca on piano.

More about:

• Juan d'Arienzo with Singers Tandas
• Juan d'Arienzo Biography
• Fulvio Salamanca Biography
• Hector Maure Biography

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This weeks tanda is a classic golden age tanda by Alfredo de Angelis. I do not usually play very much de Angelis tangos, but I love this set. The singing is beautiful and the tempo is very upbeat and energetic.

More about Alfredo de Angelis:

• Alfredo de Angelis Tandas

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Here is a bonus Vals tanda by Alfredo de Angelis. De Angelis created some of the most beautiful valses ever recorded and I like to follow the above set with a set of his valses.

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Tanda of the Week

This weeks tanda is a classic golden age tanda by Carlos di Sarli with Alberto Podestá singing. It demonstrates my belief that tandas should be homogeneous in style and flow. Each song should flow into the next without a strong shift in tempo, this helps dancers develop rhythm and a connection to the music which grows throughout tanda.

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More about Carlos di Sarli:

• Carlos di Sarli Biography
• Carlos di Sarli Instrumental Tandas
• Carlos di Sarli Tandas with Singers