Hitler and tango (was DanceDictionary.com)

kennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Huck Kennedy) writes:

Gene E. Bloch <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

"What does the Hitler-inspired military music of ballroom
tango have to to with Latin music?",

Oh *that's* what you're going on about. It's
understandable you'd take that as trolling, but
actually, it wasn't meant to be. According to
the local university ballroom instructor, who is
a brilliant instructor with years of successful
competitive experience and has done extensive
research on ballroom, the standard military-style
tango music of international ballroom tango did
come from the influence of Adolph Hitler, who
found Argentine music too "sissylike," and
therefore "inappropriate" for German dancers.

In debating terms, this is known as "proof by anonymous authority".
Don't be surprised if people laugh at you when you try it. If you
want to do some actual research of your own, I notice that

http://tango.romanvirdi.com/ballroom-tango.htm

seems to be full of knowledgeable people: perhaps some of them could
help you.

Oh, wait! You already tried that, and got thoroughly ridiculed.
I guess you're on your own, then.

--
Jim Janney
.

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