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"Una noche de garufa", Argentine Tango music sheet cover.

“Una noche de garufa” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

“Una noche de garufa” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

Eduardo Arolas

Bandoneonist, composer and leader (24 February 1892 – 29 September 1924)

In 1909, when Eduardo Arolas composed “Una noche de garufa”, he had not yet acquired a formalized musical education.

He was 17 years old.

Still, in his first composition, all the elements of his style are present, bursting out into the world for the amusement of those who, like us, love Tango.

This quality cannot be attributed to any other Tango composer.

None of his colleagues had a defined style during their first compositions and would need many years to develop it. Arolas’ works have such advanced characteristics that they will keep forever surprising Tango lovers wondering how, what inspiration, and from which source Arolas extracted them.

He also made the cover for its music sheet and many more.

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"Lagrimas", Argentine Tango music by Eduardo Arolas, must sheet cover.

“Lágrimas” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

“Lágrimas” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

Eduardo Arolas

Bandoneonist, composer and leader (24 February 1892 – 29 September 1924)

The last group of his compositions, from 1917 to 1923, showed an even further musical evolution, deeper in feelings, nostalgic, almost crying with masculine vulnerability, playing with his characteristic rhythmic phrasing.

These works were influenced by the break up with his lover Delia López, who ended up involved with his brother, and his subsequent submersion into alcoholism and chronic sadness. 

The composition cover artwork for the song “Lágrimas” deserves a special mention because of Arolas’ self-portrait.

Dedicated to the mother of his colleague and violinist Tito Roccatagliata, combined a delicious rhythmic first part with a deeply emotional second part. Ricardo Tanturi recorded it in 1941.

Read more about Eduardo Arolas and the History of Tango

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"Tierrita" by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica, 1937. Music: Agustín Bardi.

“Tierrita” by Ricardo Tanturi y su Orquesta Típica, 1937.