Editing Music of Latin America (section)

===Argentina===
{{Main|Music of Argentina|Tango music|Argentine rock|Milonga (music)|Chacarera|Chamamé|Southern cone music}}
[[File:Soledad Pastorutti.jpg|250px|thumb|[[Soledad Pastorutti]] in the White Room of the [[Casa Rosada|Pink House]].]]

While the exact origins of [[tango]] remain uncertain, Argentine writer [[Jorge Luis Borges]] believed the genre to have originated in the [[brothel]]s of 19th century [[Buenos Aires]] or [[Montevideo]]. Editors of ''World Music: The Rough Guide'' (2000) called Borges' statement "a little presumptive" and pinpoint the early developments of tango to the bars frequented by ''[[Buenos Aires|porteños]].'' Emerging from a [[melting pot]] of European immigrants, [[Criollo people|''criollos'']], blacks, and indigenous peoples, the genre is believed to have been influenced by [[Music of Andalusia|Andalusian flamenco]], Spanish [[contradanse]], [[Italian folk music]], Cuban [[Contradanza|habanera]], African [[candombe]] and [[percussion]], German [[Polka music|polkas]], Polish [[mazurka]]s, and Argentine [[Milonga (music)|milonga]]. In its early history, tango music was associated with brawls at brothels and knife-wielding womanizing men,{{sfn|Ellingham|Duane|McConnachine|2000|pp=304-305}} known locally as ''malevos'' or ''compadritos''. By 1914, men outnumbered women in [[Argentina]] by 100,000, leading to an increased rate of prostitution and the brothel lifestyle that came with it. Men would often dance at cafes and bars and try to outdo one another with improvised dance steps in an attempt to attract a woman.

Their dances were characterized by "showy yet threatening, predatory quality, often revolving around a possessive relationship between two men and one woman". In its original form, tango music included the violin, guitar, and flute. By the late 19th century, the [[bandoneon]] had been introduced into the genre. The instrument, first developed in Germany for playing folk and [[religious music]] in churches that lacked organs, is believed to have been brought to the region by immigrants and sailors. One of its early pioneers, [[Eduardo Arolas]], was nicknamed the "Tiger of the ''Bandoneón''". Arolas believed the instrument was made to play in tango. [[Vicente Greco]] is credited with standardizing tango with his group, Orquesta Típica Criolla, by using two violins and two bandoneons. The instrumentation of tango remained largely unchanged until the 1940s. Tango music began playing in populated areas such as fairgrounds and streets in Buenos Aires. It contained lyrics that were "sometimes obscene and deeply fatalistic". Similar to families in the United States during the rise of [[rock and roll]], families in the area tried to shield their children from tango.{{sfn|Ellingham|Duane|McConnachine|2000|pp=304-305}} Upper-classmen began taking an interest in tango: writer [[Ricardo Guiraldes|Ricardo Güiraldes]] performed tango during a tour of Europe in 1910 and has been credited with introducing tango in Europe. Güiraldes' introduction made tango the first [[Latin dance]] to gain popularity in Europe. Actor [[Rudolph Valentino]] performed the tango in his film ''[[The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse]]'' (1926), with [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] taking advantage of "[Valentino's] charisma, the magnetism of tango, and the attraction they both had on a huge public".{{sfn|Ellingham|Duane|McConnachine|2000|pp=304-305}}

Other styles of music in Argentina include the [[chacarera]], [[Milonga (music)|milonga]], [[Zamba (artform)|zamba]] and [[chamamé]]. Modern rhythms include [[cuarteto]] (music from the Cordoba Province) and [[Nuevo tango|electrotango]]. [[Argentine rock]] (known locally as ''rock nacional'') was most popular during the 1980s, and remains one of Argentina's most popular music genres. ''Rock en español'' was first popular in Argentina, then swept through other Hispanic American countries and Spain. The movement was known as the "Argentine Wave".