ABSTRACT
Chapter 10, ‘Summary and outlook’, is devoted to general conclusions. It provides a detailed examination of musical development and techniques in tango as well as the innovations and varying approaches to its constituent elements offered by the musicians featured in the book — Pugliese, Salgán, Piazzolla and Beytelmann — together with insights into the innovative work of De Caro, their musical predecessor. Their contribution to instrumental tango music is manifest in how they took elements from the tradition and expanded upon them while introducing new techniques and materials that renewed this musical language. The numerous features that have come to light through the analysis of arrangements, compositions and recordings by the musicians under study are described in terms of formal structure, melody, harmony, texture, rhythm and meter, relationship between melody and accompaniment, orchestration, variation and performance techniques, register, and timbral and percussive effects. The artistic concepts and theoretical foundations covered — alongside the set of analytical tools addressed here — both establish tango’s relevance as vivid contemporary music as well as provide the reader with means to further explore how tango is created, performed and transformed. Additionally, this volume supports musicians in developing their own skills in arranging, composing, performing and researching tango music.
