Jacob Gade: Jalousie - Tango Tzigane

Tango Tzigane - Jealousy-Tango Jalousie (Tango Tzigane - Jealousy) - Jacob Gade's classic arranged for Piano Duet (four hands) by conductor Esther Bobrova Lange. From the Preface: It is a common misconception that Tango Jalousie (Tango Tzigane) was written for the movie ”Don Q”. The piece was also played at the movie premiere in Paladsteatret on September 14th 1925 but there was no jealousy-based drama in the movie. Nonetheless the melody was well suited to the Zorro legend in a Mexican setting. But in the book “Jacob Gade – et eventyr i musik” (a fairytale in music) by Jørgen GramChristensen one learns that in a 1956 interview Jacob Gade recounted the incident in 1925 which concerned him very much: “One day the magazines featured a dramatic description of a jealousy-based murder and the word “jealousy” stood for me as a title with which the music became more and more attached.”There are many different arrangements of “Tango Jalousie” but I have always found that there was a need for a piano four hands version of this wonderful piece. In the process of working out a piano four hands version I used the full orchestra score and made sure that the most essential orchestra parts were included. Also the melody parts and accompaniment are equally distributed between the primo and secondo parts. (Esther Bobrova Lange)

Tango - une danse, un genre musical, une prise de conscience de la vie, 'une pensée triste qui se danse' (selon un compositeur de tango). Les termes et définitions sont aussi variées que la gamme des styles des oeuvres. Le présent volume présente délibérément quatre personnages tout à fait différente: 'Jalousie' par le compositeur danois Jacob Gade qui est probablement le tango danse les plus connus- 'Mi Buenos Aires Querido', une oeuvre classique par le compositeur argentin Carlos Gardel, 'Tango appassionato' par Eduard Pütz, un 'tango nuevo'dans la tradition d'Astor Piazzolla, et enfin, 'La Paloma' der Sebastián Yradier, un accord de tango du titre que, conformément à la GEMA, est la mélodie la plus populaire du 19ème siècle. Les arrangements pour quatuor à cordes sont mélodieux et facile à jouer, un délice pour les deux artistes et du public. Une partie de contrebasse (ad libitum) est inclus pour compléter le son. / Quatuor A Cordes

Per Nørgård's Tango Chikane arranged for Flute Cello and Piano by Gunnar Møller Pedersen (1969). TANGO CHIKANE – music for a ballet by Flemming Flindt (1967). “Tango Chikane” is a humorous paraphrase on the evergreen hit from the 1920s the Danish composer Jakob Gade´s “Tango Tzigane” (also known as 'Tango Jalousie'). Per Nørgård Orig. version for Orchestra: WH28904

Wind Quintet-The score and parts for Stig Jorgensen's Wind Quintet arrangement of the famous Tango. Originally written for the Donald Crisp film Don Q Son of Zorro the piece has become one of Denmark's most recognisable melodies.