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Sexteto Di Sarli y Fama en la radio. Argentine Tango music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires

“Soy un arlequín” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Sexteto Típico, 1929.

Sexteto Di Sarli y Fama en la radio. Argentine Tango music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos AiresDuring Di Sarli’s sextet years, 1928-31, his sound still fit with the slow marching beat that was popular at the time among orchestras like Francisco Canaro’s and Osvaldo Fresedo’s (Di Sarli’s personal inspiration).

However he was beginning to carve out his personal signature of a unified orchestral sound, lush melody, and soft understated rhythm.

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"El estagiario", Argentine Tango vinyl disc.

“El estagiario” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

“El estagiario” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

The title of this tango always arouses curiosity, adding to the beauty of listening to it as the incredible creation that Carlos Di Sarli made of it, recording it on April 18, 1941.

This composition belongs to Martín Lasala Álvarez, an Uruguayan doctor who was a functionary of the Uruguayan state for most of his life, working for the Foreign Service of Uruguay in Paris.

The word “estagiario” does not exist either in the Lunfardo or in the popular jargon of the Oriental people (the people of República Oriental del Uruguay). Instead, it is an adaptation of Lasala himself – from the French “stagiare”, the practitioner or advanced medical student who collaborates in the Hospital’s practices.

Martín Lasala, who completed studies in Paris, was also a piano performer. But, to mitigate nostalgia or to animate meetings, as a good Rio Platense, he gave free rein to his passion, playing and composing tangos.

Carlos Di Sarli was the one who captured and recorded the richness of this tango.

Read more about “El estagiario” at tangosalbardo.blogspot.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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Floreal Ruiz, Argentine Tango singer.

“Qué me van a hablar de amor” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Floreal Ruiz in vocals, 1946.

Floreal Ruiz. Argentine music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires.Floreal Ruiz

Singer
(March 29, 1916 – April 17, 1978)

When I hear Floreal Ruiz, I have the impression that the singer so naturally and spontaneously does it that he seems to be seated on a chair, informally conversing, and the musical notes spring out of his throat with no effort. His voice’s timbre and color are everyday sounds for me; there are neither stridences nor false resources, and he does it easily.

He is, undoubtedly, a subtle singer, delicate, of an excellent diction which allows understanding not only the lyrics but also its dramatism. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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Carlos Viván, Argentine Tango singer, actor, lyricist and composer.

“Cómo se pianta la vida” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Castillo in vocals, 1942.

“Cómo se pianta la vida” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Castillo in vocals, 1942.

Carlos Viván, Argentine Tango singer, actor, lyricist and composer.

Carlos Viván

Singer, actor, lyricist and composer (15 April 1903 – 16 July 1971)

He had a warm voice, within an alto-tenor range, as it was common then, plus a feature that made his voice unmistakable: his vibrato.

He was a tireless traveler and made numerous tours throughout Latin America, especially Brazil and the United States.

His figure, stunning image, and way of dressing made possible his participation as a mannequin vivant, by that time a fashionable job, at the main shop windows and on the downtown streets. His definitive artistic last name was born without that final “t”.

He was a featured lead actor and singer in theater plays with many companies.

Carlos Viván, besides being a great vocalist, he was the composer of many widespread tangos.

He is remembered as a gentleman, respectful of friendship and loyal towards his friends, who revered and honored woman and had a great sense of humor.

Read more about Carlos Viván 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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Edgardo Donato. Music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires.

“La milonga que faltaba” by Edgardo Donato y su Orquesta Típica with Horacio Lagos in vocals, 1938.

Edgardo Donato

Violinist, leader, and composer
(April 14, 1897 – February 15, 1963)

He was born in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Cristóbal, located to the south of the center of the city of Buenos Aires, where today we find this address: Avenida Belgrano 1657. While still a child, with his family, he moved to Montevideo, the capital of the República Oriental del Uruguay.

When he was ten, he started to study music with his father, and later he studied at a conservatory named Franz Liszt. When he was 21, he was ready to work as a professional. He began with his father in the opera music field, wearing a stiff collar and a much more serious look, even though he was a stubborn humorist then and throughout his lifetime, even when he played the violin.

But, soon, he managed to free himself from that yoke and joined -always in Montevideo- the orchestra of the Negro Quevedo, an Argentine bandoneonist, with the peculiarity that the piano was in charge of Enrique Delfino. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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