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1 Definition

1.1 A Milonga (event)
1.2 Tango Milonga (style)
1.3 Milonga (music)

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Definition

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A Milonga (event)

the dance salon where people go to dance tango (see salon)

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Tango Milonga (style)

see milonguero

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Milonga (music)

The milonga, which precedes the tango in history, was a solo song cultivated during the 19th Century by the gaucho (a sort of Argentine cowboy) in the vast rural area known as the Pampa. It derives from the payada de contrapunto, in which two singers (payadores), accompanying themselves on the guitar, improvised on different topics in a competition-like practice. The verses were octosyllabic quartets structured in a musical period of eight measures in 2/4.

(from lafi.org (http://www.lafi.org/magazine/articles/tango.html))

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