Rights Information

Worldwide rights available (except Argentina)

The collection was initially published in 2010 by RICORDI from Munich (Germany).
The first two books were “Die flote im Tango / Le flute dans le Tango” and “Die Violine im Tango / Le violon dans le Tango” published in: German-French.
In 2014 Ricordi shut down and Tango Sin Fin obtained the worldwide rights to continue publishing and beign the international dealers of the book series.
The remaining stock of books is in Argentina.

Marketing Information

SALES INFORMATION
1st Edition: 2010 by RICORDI (Muenchen), 1000 books. 500 in stock in Argentina.

Customers from all around the world request the books to Tango Sin Fin, so we are searching for partners to publish the collection in other languages and also foreign distribution.

TARGET AUDIENCE
The book’s target audience includes:

» Intermediate to advanced music students,
» Graduated students,
» Studying or professional musicians,
» Musicology and ethnomusicology teachers,
» University/college librarians, as titles that support faculty and graduate level research
» Musical Institutions with emphasis in cultural diversity, ethnic and cultural studies and Latinamerican culture.

PROMOTIONAL & EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WORLDWIDE
Tango Sin Fin is a non profit organization based in Buenos Aires which works on international-collaborative projects with higher education institutions: since 2018, the week-long program “Tango For Musicians” takes place yearly in Europe, reuniting together musicians from around the continent and beyond. The project is carried out in collaboration with prestigious institutions such as the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (2018, Dresden, Germany) and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (2019/2020, Graz, Austria). Since 2015 “Tango For Musicians” takes place in the United States every year, in collaboration with the prestigious Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

See international press reviews here.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Authors Paulina Fain, Ramiro Gallo, Hernán Possetti, Ignacio Varchausky, Eva Wolff, and Sebastián Henríquez are the most prestigious teachers of the current generation of tango musicians. As artists and teachers, each of them are a point of reference on their own instruments.

TANGO SIN FIN AS A PUBLISHER
Tango Sin Fin also publishes a series of free pdf sheet music albums with tango arrangements by some of the most renowned Argentine tango musicians. All these albums refer to the “Método de Tango” books for studying the tango referred techniques and are widely distributed among musicians and universities around the globe.

See the free digital editions here.

PROMOTIONAL ACTIONS
Tango Sin Fin has an email database of over 8000 musicians from all around the world who receive monthly updates about its news and activities. This audience is continually growing as part of our free pdf editions email distribution campaign. Tango Sin Fin carries out weekly promotional actions for all its projects, usually connected with the teaching of Argentine music and the promotion of the “Método de Tango” book series.

Reviews

"Método de tango is indispensable for anyone who wants to understand this complex and hybrid music from the Río de la Plata more precisely. The reason is because for the first time that music, which is shaped by oral tradition and practice, is decoded and this makes it readable and learnable.”
— Prof. Fedor Pellmann. Currently working on the publication of his dissertation on tango as an existentialist phenomenon, written at Heidelberg University, Germany.

“The Método de Tango book series represents a unique point of entry into the rich and diverse world of tango music. Rigorous and clear, with a wide array of examples and exercises geared towards specific instruments, the books systematically introduce and elaborate key features of tango performance practice, from the semi-improvised melodic phrasing to the many rhythmic accompaniment patterns and modes of articulation that characterize this wonderful music. Whether you are an experienced tanguero or just want to expand your technical resources, the Método de Tango books will help you expand and deepen your connection with music.”
— Morgan James Luker. Associate Professor of Music, Reed College, Portland, OR, U.S. Author of the book “The Tango Machine: Musical Culture in the Age of Expediency”

About “The Guitar in Tango” book: “While guitar has an iconic place in most music that has emerged in the New World, there may be no spot more mysterious than the guitarist’s chair in tango music. In this amazingly comprehensive book, Sebastián Henríquez takes us deep into one of the most unusual and beautiful applications of this endlessly malleable instrument.”
— Pat Metheny

About “The Bass in Tango” book: “Ignacio Varchausky has poured his heart and soul into this beautiful book. I am a great admirer of the many great bassists in tango music, and I am a student of this music! This book will help us all to dive much deeper into this amazing music and enable us to understand it better and ultimately play it with the respect it deserves!”
— John Patitucci

Author Biography

Flutist and composer Paulina Fain is one of the most prominent tango pedagogues in the world. She is the director of the Método de Tango series published originally by Ricordi House from Muenchen. She is founder and president of Tango Sin Fin, a non profit organization based in Buenos Aires which works on international collaborative projects with higher education institutions to carry out workshops on tango and Argentine music, the production of cross-cultural exchange concerts and the research, edition and publishing of high quality teaching materials. Fain has presented concerts and master classes throughout the world and as a performer, she has toured widely with pianist Exequiel Mantega as the Duo Fain-Mantega, a group that explores the limits of the genre and has established a new role and sound for the flute in tango.