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Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina is an institution in
Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina website
1990 establishments in Argentina Museums established in 1990 Museums in Buenos Aires National museums of Argentina Performing arts museums Tango in Argentina {{Argentina-museum-stub
Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina is an institution in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, located in the Avenida de Mayo above the Café Tortoni
The Café Tortoni is a coffeehouse located at 825 Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Inaugurated in 1858 by a French immigrant whose surname was Touan, it was named ''Tortoni'' after the Parisian café of the same name located on ''Bouleva ...
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Overview
The museum was established on June 28, 1990, by national decree with the aim of collecting, sorting, reviewing and saving from loss or destruction the cultural heritage of thetango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
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The founder and first president was the poet and tango lyricist Horacio Ferrer
Horacio Ferrer (June 2, 1933 – December 21, 2014) was a Uruguayan-Argentine poet, broadcaster, reciter and tango lyricist. He is particularly well known for having composed the lyrics for tangos by Astor Piazzolla, such as ''Balada para un loc ...
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Activities
The Academy has a comprehensive library and regularly conducts seminars, workshops and exhibitions.Publications
The Academy has produced a series of publications in different formats (books, magazines, booklets) and the newspapers ''El Chamuyo'' and ''El Chamuyito''.See also
*List of music museums
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Argentina
* – Mina Clavero
* Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos ...
* Café Tortoni
The Café Tortoni is a coffeehouse located at 825 Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Inaugurated in 1858 by a French immigrant whose surname was Touan, it was named ''Tortoni'' after the Parisian café of the same name located on ''Bouleva ...
References
External links
Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina website
1990 establishments in Argentina Museums established in 1990 Museums in Buenos Aires National museums of Argentina Performing arts museums Tango in Argentina {{Argentina-museum-stub