Über Ángel Villoldo (1868-1919) und über die ursprüngliche Themen der Tangotexte:
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Villoldo contributed to the tango in many ways. As a master poet and superb dancer, he helped to create the new form. As a coachman and streetcar driver, he was one of many who helped to spread the tango throughout Buenos Aires. The appearence of coachman and drivers in tango lyrics is not coincidental. Through their profession they had contact with a wide range of people, including not only the orilleros* but also the servants of the wealthy - a group of people interested in the tango who served as another link or access point to the tango for the upper class. As a group, the drivers were often involved in radical labor politics.
Villoldo's lyrics convey many of the social issues of concern to the lower class as well as everyday themes of working-class life: 'El carrero y el cochero' (The Tramway Motorman and the Coachman, 1910) and 'El rey del conventillo' (The King of the Tenement House, 1913) are two of the latter. 'Filo criollo' (Creole Thief, 1907) adresses men out of work because of strikes, and 'Los cabreros' (The Tough Angry Ones, 1912) concerns the fear of deportation over labor activism. Many such poems and lyrics existed only in oral tradition, since their major market was among an illiterate class, and the Lunfardo** required explanation when the poetry was offered in written form to those who could read.
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Jo Baim, Tango: Creation of a Cultural Icon
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** eine Varietät der spanischen Sprache, welche in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts in Buenos Aires (Argentinien) entstanden ist.
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