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“El encopao” by Anibal Troilo y su orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1942.

“El encopao” by Anibal Troilo y su orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1942.

Enrique Dizeo

Lyricist (July 26, 1893 – May 6, 1980)

His inclination towards popular poetry, which he approached out of instinct, sensitivity, natural and awakened intelligence, had its early expressions at a center with artistic pretensions in a carnival outfit where he made his first rhymed scribbles. His first tango was born through this outfit, and it reached popularity: “Romántico bulincito”, with music by Augusto Gentile. From then on, his passion and his profession was Tango. 

He succeeded in handling a language that has a close relationship with lunfardo, where what has to do with the town is merged with the things of the outskirts in harmonic alloy, to offer paintings and expressions of an authentic porteño character.

Read more about Enrique Dizeo at www.todotango.com

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  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

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“Farol” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1943.

“Farol” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1943.

Virgilio Expósito, Argentine Tango composer. Portrait.

Virgilio Expósito

Pianist and composer (May 3, 1924 – October 25, 1997)

A prolific author with hundreds of songs, he composed his first tango when he was fourteen.

Among his most outstanding compositions is “Farol”.

He was a magnificent pianist and, above all, a spectacular creator of beauty. Because of that, by the side of his brother Homero Expósito, he is in the Great Hall of Fame of popular music.

Read more about Virgilio Expósito at www.todotango.com

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“Yo soy el Tango” by Aníbal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

“Yo soy el Tango” by Aníbal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

Music: Domingo Federico. Lyrics: Homero Expósito.

“I am
the milongón tango
born in the suburbs
malevos and murky.

Today,
that I am in the dance hall,
they know me tamed,
sweet and tired.
What to believe for,
why lie
that I am changed,
if I am the same as yesterday.

Listen to my song.

Don’t you see that I am gotán?

I break in my song
like a steel dagger
to sing a betrayal.
I like to compadrear,
I’m brave for dancing
listen to my song:

I am the old tango
born in the suburbs.”

More Argentine Tango lyrics

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We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

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“Lejos de Buenos Aires” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1942.

“Lejos de Buenos Aires” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1942.

Oscar Rubens, Argentine Tango lyricist.

Oscar Rubens

Lyricist and composer (18 January 1914 – 6 October 1984)

Oscar was a prototypical lyricist of the 40s, with his sad lyrics, of love affairs laden with romanticism, with neither contradictions nor psychological complexities.

He always used the poetic touch without overshadowing the lyricist: his lines, heard from a singer’s lips, come nicely blended with the music.

Among his works, we can highlight “Lejos de Buenos Aires”, in which Rubens ventures into the evocative exaltation of the city, which evidences an apparent deviation of subject matter.

Several of the Rubisteins of Buenos Aires were born at the humble familiar house of 945 Catamarca Street, where their father worked in his trade of cobbler and the family was stacked in two rooms.

Mauricio and Elías, when they were kids, used to go out to sell shoe polish and shoestrings along Avenida de Mayo or Boedo.

At cafés like Dante, located on Independencia and Boedo, after Elías sang a few tangos, the customers bought many things from him or even gave him money without accepting any goods in exchange.

At home, at night, their mother used to eagerly wait for the two children to come back home because, at times, the family depended on that money to eat the following day.

Read more about Oscar Rubens at www.todotango.com

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We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

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“Garúa” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1943.

“Garúa” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1943.

Francisco Fiorentino with Anibal Troilo, creators of Argentine Tango.

Francisco Fiorentino

Singer, bandoneon player and composer (23 September 1905 – 11 September 1955)

His personality, his taste, and the permanent supervision by Pichuco resulted in an intimate singer of great warmth in his interpretation who knew how to touch the audience, establishing himself as a milestone in the history of tango vocalists.

His artistic career beside Troilo lasted six years.

In spite of his short life, his career in music was long and changing.

He started playing bandoneon.

Read more about Francisco Fiorentino at www.todotango.com

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We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

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