Bandoneon Scores and Tango Sheet Music
Tango Sheet Music
It is not easy to find scores for tango music outside of Argentina and even
there it is hard to find something explicitly for solo instruments. Most
composers published their creations for piano and sometimes they include
short notations for violin or bandoneon.
So you have to start from this basic material
and make your own arrangements. Below you will find a compilation of some
commercial available scores where the publisher is indicated, so you may try
to get them having this specific information from your local dealer or
directly from the publishers. For addresses see the list of tango publishers.
Other music (non-tango) publishers are listed in the
MPA Publishers Addresses
list.
Commercial Tango Scores
- AltaVoz Ediciones Musicales
(
)
- LA AUTORA
Eladia Blazquez
- CHANTERELLE
Piazzolla works arranged for guitar
- CURCI
only Piazzolla sheet music
- EDAMI
- FERMATA
- Alfredo Geipel
Razzano, Laurenz, Bayardo
- David Grinberg
Julio & Francisco de Caro, Laurenz, Maffia, De Los Hoyos,
Celedonio Flores, Navarrine, D'Agostino
- Iadarola (sometimes Yadarola)
Dizeo, De la Cruz, (taken over by Julio Korn)
- JARO
Luis Di Matteo also for ensemble
- for copies:
- KORN
(Warner - Chappell)
- LEMOINE
- Margaux
(guitar)
- PIROVANO
Donato, Scatasso, Filiberto, Tagini, Delfino,
Maglio, Cadícamo, Contursi, Guichandu
- PERROTTI / RECORD
stock seems to
be poor now
Pracánico, Aieta, García Giménez, Sanders, Avilés,
Lomuto, Matos Rodriguez, Collazo, Rizzuti
- RECORD
repertory of Carlos Gardel
- RICORDI
lots of Guardia Vieja
- Rivarola
Fresedo, Tuegols, Carlos Flores, Cobián, Magaldi, Ferrazzano
- SELECT
- TONOS
Beytelmann, Borda, Bragato, Cosentino, Di Matteo, Garello,
González, Mederos, Potenza, Piazzolla, Varvello
- TROPICAL
by Astor Piazzolla
Tropical GmbH
- WARNER BROSS
Gardel and Milva & Piazzolla
- OTHERS
- Les Editions Universelles
(with its own search engine -
not included in CATALOG)
Publishers & Copyrights
The list publishers of tango music
is certainly not complete
or contains outdated items. Historical addresses are
still included for trace-back reason. Publishers until 1920
at the Rio de la Plata are found on a separate list.
Please inform me about errors or publishers not mentioned.
More information is available through
AADI, Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes
Viamonte 1665
1055 Buenos Aires
tel. +54 (11) 4811-3421 / 4812-1009
fax. +54 (11) 4812-3286
or SADAIC.
Sadaic Latin Copyrights, Inc(USA)
Concerning international copyright you may also check following sites:
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Arrangements
Some editors outside of Argentina like Universelles, Tonos
are going to publish complete tango arrangements for orchestras.
Nevertheless it is still not sufficient to
build up a well balanced repertory. You may use the service of
arrangement writers.
Scores Collection
The sheet music of
my collection
may be of your interest.
Other Sources
- Publisher's On-line Services
- Dealers
- Non Commercials
Scores for Bandoneon
Printed scored for bandoneon are quite seldom because of no
commercial interest by the involved editors. The other reason is, that
the bandoneon always was considered to be not a serious instrument
so composers preferred to publish their creations as piano scores.
For this reason bandoneonists are forced to make their own arrangements
starting from the available piano notes. The few ever published in Argentina
or elsewhere where thought mainly for students and are nowadays hard
to find as originals.
Existent Bandoneon Solos
Here you can find the list of bandoneon solos
registered at
SADAIC
(Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música).
Most solos for bandoneon are arranged individually, that is,
they are not published. As a consequence photocopies of such
arrangements are circulating among the musicians.
There is not too much material available, though during the last years
things have improved. For historical and available tutors,
please
visit the Bandoneon Page
created: Feb. 1997
(german, spanish, english)
last update:
2011-12-04
by Luis Caruana