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El bandoneón y sus intérpretes: segunda parte - Volver Tango
"El bandoneón y sus intérpretes: segunda parte" is an episode of the Volver Tango documentary series about the bandoneón and its players in tango. A narrator and several bandoneonists trace the instrument from its arrival from Germany to the players of the 1990s. The narration says the bandoneón became tango's defining instrument, and interviewees explain why players usually begin as small children.
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Masters of the 1940s and the orquesta típica
The film describes Aníbal Troilo as the defining bandoneonist of the 1940s. It then presents Antonio Ríos, Julio Ahumada, Roberto Di Filippo and Osvaldo Ruggiero as leading players of the time, each with a different personality. It plays a recorded message from Astor Piazzolla praising Di Filippo's playing. Interviewees explain the roles of first and lower bandoneons in the orquesta típica and the variación, the virtuoso passage used to end La Cumparsita. They also debate whether the bandoneón should be played seated or standing.
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Innovators and later generations
The second half turns to innovators. Interviewees call Eduardo Rovira a forgotten innovator, and the film presents Piazzolla as a radical reformer. Leopoldo Federico is praised as a performer, bandleader and arranger. The narration names a post-Piazzolla generation that includes Rodolfo Mederos, Néstor Marconi, Walter Ríos and Daniel Binelli. It also shows Dino Saluzzi taking the bandoneón into folk music. The episode closes with young musicians taking up the instrument in the 1990s.
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