His beginnings date back to 1923 as a member of the famous Athenian Uruguayan Student Troupe, performing in Montevideo and Buenos Aires in the best places for recreation.

He conducted a typical orchestra and with it, he recorded on Odeon records. He published in 1967 the book “Historias del bajo”.

Among his compositions, “Agua florida” stands out.

His main characteristic was his danceable phrasing with a great interpretive force.

Subsequently his definitive consecration took place when he was called by Ángel D’Agostino to join his group as lead bandoneon and arranger.

In his oeuvre as composer, his most important hits were “Tres esquinas” and “Hay que vivirla compadre”, among many others.

Since childhood, he had been known by the nickname Firpito because he liked the tangos composed by Roberto Firpo.

The latter, on a certain occasion, called him that way.

He became a composer in 1924 and produced many great tangos, like this one.

He started his career working in movie theaters, theaters, and the Uruguayan Sondor records.

Baüer was born in Spain on November 27, 1897. When he was a kid, he arrived in Uruguay, Salto, where he grew up and studied.

He passed away in Montevideo on September 13, 1952.

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Juan Maglio “Pacho” was essential to the acceptance of the bandoneon as a musical instrument of Tango.

Born in 1881, he started to learn to play bandoneon by watching his father play it every day after work.

He would pay attention to the finger positions and then practice them secretly on his home’s roof.

He went to school until the age of 12, when he started to work, first in a mechanic workshop, then as a laborer in different activities, and then in a brickyard.

At the age of 18, he decided to fully head into his vocation: music.

During the years of hard work, he kept practicing, in order to stay in shape for when the opportunity knocks.

He improved notoriously, and from his bandoneon of 35 buttons, moved successively to instruments of 45, 52, 65, 71, and at last, a customized bandoneon of 75 buttons.