Well, as long as we're on the subject of pizzicato-laden music of ambiguously European origin, why not include this lovely clip of Sally Potter dancing somewhat stiffly with Pablo Veron in The Tango Lesson? The background music is Osvaldo Pugliese's La Yumba, which allegedly derived its name from the sound of air being sucked in the bandeon, the devilishly difficult squeeze box that provides the melodic backbone for most tango ensembles.
This was the background music for most of the period when I was writing my honors thesis... Listening to it now brings back only the positive memories, thankfully, rather than inducing the Pavlovian panic attack it probably should.
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