Saturday, March 8, 2014

The Bandoneón

I have all this material on this site for the Chemnitzer concertina.  However, it really only applies to the small community of players in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois (and our emigrants).

As an instrument, there are many more bandoneóns existing, and many more players, I believe.

So, since I am so disappointed that I missed the bandoneónista JP Jofre last night... I will put some links to bandoneón music below the break.  If you want to look for more music, keep in mind that the Spanish word for sheet music is "partitura".

NuestrosBandoneones.com
Lightonthestairs.wordpress.com
benbogart.com
TodoTango.com
Flikr - Bandoneon
Tango scores
More from the Bandoneon guy:
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 seriousinstrument 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. 
Bandoneon method/tutor/métodos books

After looking, it looks like a tough row to hoe for aspiring bandeónistas with no mentor as well.

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