Revisiting the Argentine Tango: From the “Paris of South America” to the Interwar Bucharest
Revisiting the Argentine Tango: From the “Paris of South America” to the Interwar Bucharest

Summary/Abstract: The paper traces back the origins of the Argentine Tango to the barrios of Buenos Aires discussing the alterations that have transformed it into a selling product, enlarging upon the essential differences between the traditional tango and the “domestic” versions of it. The controversial myth of “Zaraza” is linked to the rise and fall of “the last troubadour”, Cristian Vasile, and paralleled by the glory and decay of the aristocratic, opulent interwar Bucharest, buried under the ruins of the Second World War bombings.

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