Astor

Astor Piazzolla.

Julia Zenko vocal

libretto by Horacio Ferrer

Arrangement: Leonid Desyatnikov



Yo soy Maria
de Buenos Aires
de Buenos Aires Maria no ven quien soy yo?
Maria Tango, Maria del arrabal,
Maria noche, Maria pasion fatal,
Maria del amor
de Buenos Aires soy
yo.


I am Maria
of Buenos Aires
Maria of Buenos Aires, don't you see who I am?
Maria tango, slum Maria,
Maria night, Maria fatal passion
Maria of love
of Buenos Aires, that's
me.


María de Buenos Aires, a tango opera by Piazzolla.




Astor Piazzolla.


Ástor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata – July 4, 1992 in Buenos Aires)
is widely considered the most important tango composer of the latter half of the twentieth century. His compositions revolutionized the traditional tango with a modern style — incorporating elements from jazz and classical music in a style termed nuevo tango.
He was also a formidable bandoneón player, and often performed his own compositions with different ensembles.
He is known in his native land of Argentina as "El Gran Ástor" ("The Great Astor").


Born in Argentina in 1921 to immigrant Italian parents, Piazzolla spent most of his childhood with his family in New York City, where he was exposed to both jazz and the music of J.S. Bach at an early age. While there, he acquired fluency in four languages: Spanish, English, French, and Italian. He also started playing the bandoneon, quickly rising to the status of child prodigy. While still quite young, he met Carlos Gardel, another great figure of Argentine tango. He returned to Argentina in 1937, where strictly traditional tango still reigned, and played in night clubs with a series of groups including the orchestra of Anibal Troilo, then considered the top bandoneon player and bandleader in Buenos Aires. The pianist Arthur Rubinstein (then living in Buenos Aires) advised him to study with the Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera. Delving into scores of Stravinsky, Bartók, Ravel, and others, he rose early each morning to hear the Teatro Colón orchestra rehearse while continuing a gruelling performing schedule in the tango clubs at night.





ΥΓ:"Maria pasion fatal, Maria del amor"




ζερο.