Suite Punta del Este is a tango nuevo work for orchestral strings and a bandoneón written by the Argentine composer Ástor Piazzolla in 1982. Punta del Este is an Uruguayan resort where the artist spent many summers and particularly enjoyed shark fishing.[1]
Form
It is broken into 3 movements:
Instrumentation
Suite Punta Del Este is a scored for bandoneón, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and strings.
Legacy
It has been used as a signature theme for the 1995 science fiction film 12 Monkeys as well as a model for music in a scene in The Simpsons episode "Yokel Chords".[citation needed]
References
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