| The Milonga Candombera is an early form of Tango (which appeared before the present Tango). It is lighter, faster and
danced to a syncopated rhythm. Many figures, coming from the Milonga, became standard within the Argentine Tango!
In Spanish, Milonga means
"fiesta" or party. This was the music of the Payadores (who were the troubadours of the Pampas; these improvised songs accompanied by a guitar, carried news from ranch to ranch). The Habanera,
dance of Havana in Cuba, which reached the Rio De La Plata through Spanish colonists and the migration of slaves, was added to the various musical traditions and styles of the Italian, Jewish, Central
European and French immigrants.
Originally, the instruments of the Tango were the guitar, flute and piano. With immigrant traditions, there developed an early forerunner of the Tango…a middle step
between the Milonga and the actual Tango. A Tango-Milonga.The music also became a nostalgic way for immigrants to relive their past happier days. The rhythms of the Milonga presented a moment
to escape, a moment of joy.
"Tango/Milonga are the potential of one moment; the ability to explore the "now," the awareness!" (Ive Simard)
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