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 1953
Premiered 1953, March 19th in Los Angeles, CA, United States
Approx. duration 3 minutes
Arrangement of Igor Stravinsky: Tango
Instruments Chamber orchestra
Autotranslations beta Igor Stravinsky: Tango for chamber orchestra
Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Tango for chamber orchestra
Igor Strawinsky: Tango for chamber orchestra