The Tango Orchestra: Fundamental Concepts and Techniques
By Julian Peralta
Translated by Morgan James Luker

Written by one of tango music's most active contemporary orchestra leaders and composers, this book presents for the first time a comprehensive anatomy of the theory and techniques of tango arranging.

Included are traditional accompaniment patterns; rules for voicing of parts; typical tango articulations and performance techniques for all instruments used in tango; and strategies for melodic and rhythmic permutation.

The book prepares...