Introduction

Various artists visited Cuba during the beginning of the age of the rising popularity of Salsa to hear the impressive rhythm. George Gershwin was a composer that was very impressed, and although he did not previously write music with Salsa rhythms in it, he featured Salsa rhythms in his next piece he wrote: Obertura Cubana. 
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, whose works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed Nueva Tango, which incorporated elements from Jazz and Classical music. This blog will be comparing Piazzolla’s Invierno Porteno- an Argentinian Tango and Gershwin’s piece- Obertura Cubana.  This blog will depict how the two styles of music are similar, and also how they differ musically. This blog will discuss the different types of harmonies, melodies, rhythms, and instrumentation that are used in Tango and Cuban Salsa. It will also discuss the history of Cuban Salsa and Argentinian Tango.