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Introduction to our 8-week Argentine Tango program

October 19, 2018

Our 8-week training program for beginners is organized in a way that will allow all of you to get to know what Tango is, and eventually make the decision to continue learning this art that is going to change your life and make of it a work of art.
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Save 20% on our March 2019 Tango Trip to Buenos Aires

October 19, 2018

Use promotion code LOVINGTANGO (valid until 5/30/18)
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"Tu corazón" by Alfredo de Ángelis y su Orquesta Típica with Carlos Dante in vocals, 1955.

October 18, 2018

Donato Racciatti contributed to the vogue of danceable and popular tango, with great acclaim from the commercial standpoint.
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Our next 8-week training program is starting on...

October 14, 2018

Join our next 8-week Argentine Tango program for beginners and intermediates.
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New Walnut Creek classes start on October 18. Register now!!!

October 13, 2018

All levels Argentine Tango dance classes on technique & musicality.
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"La mariposa" by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1966.

October 10, 2018

It is not known what secret gift made Pedro Maffia find in the core of the bandoneon sounds that nobody had discovered before.
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"Ansiedad" by Juan D'Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1938.

October 5, 2018

Around the late 30s the name of Francisco Gorrindo reached, suddenly, a great reputation, as a consequence of the appearance of a series of tangos whose lyrics were immediately included into the popular ear and feeling.
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"Nobleza de arrabal" by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1940.

October 4, 2018

Previously he had played piano in a large number of movie theaters as background music for silent movies. In 1923 he joined the group led by Anselmo Aieta.
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"Romántico bulincito" by Rodolfo Biagi y su Orquesta Típica with Jorge Ortiz in vocals, 1941.

October 1, 2018

His work as tango composer began around 1913. As a player his name is known only after 1918 when he recorded some tangos as piano soloist for the Telephone label. He was musical director of the latter. Thereafter he had the same position at the Electra record company. But he stood out as composer. He wrote “Romántico bulincito”...
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"Mano brava" by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

September 23, 2018

Fiorentino was, no doubt, the archetype of the orchestra singer, a concept which synthetically describes the main feature of tango in the 40s, when the singer was a member of the group on the same level as the musicians. Fiorentino and Troilo achieved a well-oiled mechanism, of a perfect match where the orchestra was spotlighted in a long introduction to afterwards provide the adequate background necessary for the singer´s showcasing.