Ástor Piazzolla

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/stor-piazzolla

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Ástor Piazzolla born?March 11, 1921
2. Where was Ástor Piazzolla born?Mar del Plata, Argentina
3. What is Ástor Piazzolla known for?He was an Argentine composer who changed tango by adding jazz and classical music, making it more like concert music.
4. Why did Piazzolla want to change traditional tango?He thought tango was only for dancing and wanted it to be heard in concert, so people could think about it.

Bandoneon: A free-reed instrument of the bellows-driven concertina family, central to the sound of tango.
Tango: A genre of music and dance originating in the late 19th century in the Río de la Plata region.
Nuevo Tango: A modern stylistic evolution of tango, characterized by Piazzolla's incorporation of jazz and classical compositional techniques.
Composition: The creation of a musical work, involving arrangement of melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.