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5 - Guitar Heroes: Roberto Grela and Aníbal Arias

from Part I - Tango Music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

By
Eric Johns
Edited by
Kristin Wendland  and
Kacey Link
Kristin Wendland
Affiliation:
Emory University, Atlanta
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Summary

Scholar and guitarist Eric Johns traces the historical and stylistic lineage contemporary of tango guitar performance practice. He highlights two important schools of playing established by Aníbal Arias (1922–2010) and Roberto Grela (1913–1992).

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Tango guitar practiceAníbal AriasRoberto Grela
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The Cambridge Companion to Tango , pp. 81 - 95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Astarita, Gaspar J. Abel Fleury: Vida y obra. Chivilcoy, Argentina: Editorial GraFer, 1995.Google Scholar
Barrera, José Sebastián. “La guitarra en el tango.” Trabajo final, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, 2016.Google Scholar
Burec, Lorena. Estilos guitarrísticos del tango en el Río de la Plata: Un siglo de historia. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Autores de Argentina, 2015.Google Scholar
Graciano, Julián. Método de Guitarra Tango. Buenos Aires: Melos, 2016.Google Scholar
Henríguez, Sebastián. La Guitarra En El Tango: Método Fundamental Para Aprender a Tocar Tango. Buenos Aires: Tango sin fin, 2018.Google Scholar
“La guitarra mayor del tango.” Los grandes del tango 1, no. 52 (October 1991): 6–35.Google Scholar
Plesch, Melanie. “The Guitar in Nineteenth-Century Buenos Aires: Towards a Cultural History of an Argentine Musical Emblem.” PhD diss., University of Melbourne, 1998.Google Scholar
Prat, Domingo. A Biographical, Bibliographical, Historical, Critical Dictionary of Guitars (Related Instruments), Guitarists (Teachers, Composers, Performers, Lutenists, Amateurs), Guitar-Makers (Luthiers), Dances and Songs, Terminology. Columbus, Ohio: Editions Orphée, 1986.Google Scholar
Priore, Oscar del. Toda Mi Vida: Aníbal Troilo. Buenos Aires: JVE Ediciones, 2003.Google Scholar
Ribot, Sara. “Aníbal Arias: La guitarra ha llegado a la Academia Nacional del Tango.” La Campaña. September 17, 1992, sec. Suplemento de tango y lunfardo.Google Scholar

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