Bandoneon

The bandoneon is an essential instrument for tango music. Heinrich Band (1821–1860) invented the bandoneon specifically for churches in Germany to use as a more affordable substitute for an organ. Europeans brought the instrument to Argentina beginning in the 1870’s and the bandoneon soon became an important part of the tango genre.



Bandoneons Cause a Flash Mob!

Watch this flash mob started by two bandoneons playing “La Cumparsita” in a mall in Budapest, Hungary.




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