Stock Photo - Street scenes in Buenos Aires Between 1865 and 1914, the population of Buenos Aires swelled from 150,000 to 1 5 million The bulk of this contingent was made up of immigrants from Europe, and Italy in particular At the beginning of the 20th century, in the slums and in the red light districts, there occurred a fusion of all the musical traditions of immigrants, natives, original Spanish settlers and Black slaves Something completely new was born – the tango Blacks brought the syncopated rhythms and the proximity of the bodies, Jewish settlers added the violin, German immigrants the bandoneon, Italians the haunting melodies of Sicily, and Spanish, the sometimes joyful, sometimes mournful intensity of the Andalucian tango, a form of canto flamenco

Stock Photo: Street scenes in Buenos Aires Between 1865 and 1914, the population of Buenos Aires swelled from 150, 000 to 1 5 million The bulk of this contingent was made up.

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