Astor Piazzolla: A Memoir

by Astor Piazzolla, Natalio Gorin

Overview

Astor Piazzolla, brilliant, iconoclastic tango musician and composer, has become a national hero in Argentina and a cult figure for classical and jazz lovers worldwide, but only after a lifetime of controversy and struggle.The outspoken, headstrong Piazzolla told his story to journalist and longtime fan Natalio Gorin in the spring of 1990 in a series of frank interviews.Among the firsthand observations of others who knew Piazzolla well are those of his lyricist Horacio Ferrer, his fellow musicians, and his colleagues. Translator Fernando Gonzalez, an Argentine native and American popular music critic who covered Piazzolla's career in the United States, has annotated the Amadeus edition for the widening audience that is rediscovering Astor Piazzolla.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574670677
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Series:	Amadeus
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Natalio Gorin has been a journalist with a focus on sports reporting for more than thirty years. He has worked for the daily Clarõn; the largest newspaper in the country; the sports magazine Goles; the entertainment monthly Radiolandia 2000; and El Grfico, a prestigious sports weekly for which he spent time as managing editor. His passion for music, especially for tango and most especially for Astor PiazzollaÆs music, led him into extensive investigations of the composerÆs life and work. They met in 1971 and were personal friends until PiazzollaÆs death in 1992. Gorin resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and frequently travels to give lectures and presentations on Piazzolla and his music.

Table of Contents

	Preface	9
	Introduction	13
	Prologue	23
1.	Alevare	25
2.	New York, New York (First Movement)	29
3.	Maestro, Why Don't You Play a Tango?	39
4.	Suite Troileana	59
5.	Nadia of Paris, Alberto of Barracas	69
6.	New York, New York (Second Movement)	75
7.	For Fans Only	79
8.	Aria for Chorus	93
9.	Love Theme	117
10.	Love Theme (Encore)	123
11.	Self Portrait	125
12.	Bandoneon	141
13.	500 Motivations	147
14.	Triunfal	151
	Postscript	157
	The Penultimate Goodbye	159
	Milonga for Four	191
	My Crazy Bandoneon	207
	Piazzolla's Musicians and Singers	213
	Discography of Recordings	220
	Chronology	249
	Bibliography	252
	Index	255