🎂 Tango composer Astor Piazzolla is born (1921)
Where: Mar del Plata, Argentina
📅 On This Day: March 11
March 11, 1921: Tango composer Astor Piazzolla is born. Astor Piazzolla was born in 1921 in Mar del Plata, a seaside city in Argentina. He played the bandoneon, an instrument like an accordion. He mixed tango dance music with jazz and classical music to create "new tango", and his "Libertango" is played all over the world.
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🧠 Question of the day
Which instrument did Piazzolla play?
- The bandoneon
- The drums
- The harp
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Answer: The bandoneon
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What happened on March 11?
March 11, 1921: Tango composer Astor Piazzolla is born. It happened in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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