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“Maldonado” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943.

“Maldonado” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943.

Alberto Mastra, Argentine Tango musician, singer and composer.

Alberto Mastra

Guitarist, singer and composer (November 9, 1909 – April 10, 1976)

Mastra was born in the neighborhood of La Aguada of Montevideo, and he spent his childhood in the humble stages of Parque Rodó, then called Parque Urbano (Urban Park).

When he was a kid, all occasions were good for him to sing. The public asked him, and he agreed.

They call him “Carusito” and also “El pequeño milagro” (The little miracle).

His facet as an author needs to be highlighted.

His creations were soon included in the songbooks of the most important orchestras and singers.

Read more about Alberto Mastra at www.todotango.com

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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!

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“Cacareando” by Orquesta Típica Victor with Carlos Lafuente in vocals, 1933.

“Cacareando” by Orquesta Típica Victor with Carlos Lafuente in vocals, 1933.

Police notice sign.

The first milongueros

The names of the first Tango dancers milongueros are not in a book on the history of Tango but in police records.

In a newspaper from 1862, it is read that Daniel Molina, Feliciano Orsine, Rufino Olguín, and José Sandoval, with the women Catalina Barsolo and Francisca Díaz, were imprisoned at the police station for dancing with “cortes y quebradas”… which was forbidden.

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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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“Yo me llamo Eloy Peralta” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1944.

“Yo me llamo Eloy Peralta” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1944.

Jacinto Font

Lyricist and journalist (September 2, 1892 – April 15, 1962)

His participation in journalism dates from the first Buenos Aires newspapers, where he served as a theatrical and turf chronicler. 

He proudly wore a gold medal won in a turf forecasting contest.

His interests led him to write songs for plays, singing some of his tangos on stage.

From his work as a composer, we highlight “Yo me llamo Eloy Peralta”.

Read more about Jacinto Font 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!

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“Con alma y vida” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Jorge Durán in vocals, 1945 (English translation).

“Con alma y vida” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Jorge Durán in vocals, 1945 (English translation).

'Con alma y vida', Argentine Tango music vinyl disc.

Music: Carlos Di Sarli. Lyrics: Héctor Marcó.

Dressed by night and moon
gentlemen … here I present her;
make way for this beauty
that is a pure milonga
more criolla than a bitter mate.

Dreaming between her songs
I’m going to form my flag
with my mother’s gray hair
and the blue of dark circles
where today I lost my heart!

How sweet it is to love her,
feel her and kiss her!
And hear the dear voice
from a mouth that asks us
a kiss without betrayal,
and the heart,
with soul and life.

How beautiful is my Criolla,
What an enchanter is a love!

Laughing like the dawn,
Gentlemen, cross, my lady!
Do not snub her figure
that when she wiggled her waist
My guitar laughs and cries.

Milonga by Martín Fierro,
the blazon of my suburbs;
the more I sing to you and the more I love you
because when tapping your streets
I live in her arms.

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!

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Letra original en castellano

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“La puñalada” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica, 1937.

“La puñalada” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica, 1937.

Pintín Castellanos

Pianist, composer, lyricist and leader (June 10, 1905 – July 2, 1983)

In 1933 an event that would change his life happened in a night club of Carrasco where he played the piano.

One night he offered the audience a new number of his, a tango that he had entitled “La puñalada” with a certain milonga air.

In that number all his fame would be based.

In the early summer of’36, Juan D’Arienzo —as usual— was ready to begin one more season in Montevideo.

And it was probably his intuition or that of his pianist Rodolfo Biagi —for many, the one responsible for devising the rhythm that made the leader famous— that transformed Castellanos’s tango into a milonga.

Biagi and the violinist Alfredo Mancuso were who transcribed the piece.

Read more about Pintín Castellanos 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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