Tito Roccatagliata

Violinist and composer
(30 January 1891 – 7 October 1925)

In 1920, Tango entered its definitive stage. Julio De Caro had already begun to record and his style drew the attention of his fellow musicians, he woke controversies and, since then, two trends coexisted among tango orchestras: the traditional and evocative stream, the avant-garde and innovative stream.

By that time Tito had led a downhill life for over five years, ruined by alcohol and cocaine, until his death in 1925. He was neither a prop of tango, nor he left a big oeuvre.

His most important composition is, no doubt, “Elegante papirusa”.

The chronicles of his time show him as a virtuoso violinist.

He was alongside the great figures that created the genre. Let us mention two of them as an example, Roberto Firpo and Eduardo Arolas. Furthermore, he was a member of the mythical Orquesta Típica Select that recorded in Camden (New Jersey), the place of origin of the Victor company. Continue reading about the History of Tango…

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