After settling in Hollywood, Stravinsky was unable to bring the money he earned from his royalties of his works in Europe to America, due to copyright issues and ambiguities. When he found himself with financial difficulties, he decided to write new compositions entirely in America in order to exploit them, with the exclusive intention of making money. Tango, which was the first work entirely written in America, is one of those works.

Date of composition 1940 in Hollywood, FL, United States
Approx. duration 3 minutes
Instruments Piano
Arrangements Igor Stravinsky: Tango for chamber orchestra
Autotranslations beta Igor Stravinsky: Tango
Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Tango
Igor Strawinsky: Tango