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Dancing with Lola at milonga Parakultural, Salon Canning, Buenos Aires.

Walking is at the root of our existence

Marcelo Solis bailando con LolaOur head is placed in an upright position, allowing for the development of powerful vision and an extraordinary brain; our arms and hands free from the task of locomotion, set to create new things and reshape the world.

Looking at your partner, making eye contact, is a very effective way to connect.

You walk towards your partner, already listening to the cadence of Tango music, which paces your steps.

Then, you offer your hand, full of sensitivity and dexterity. You embrace your partner: a stream of emotions flow.

You are dancing Tango.

Learn to dance Argentine Tango. Make your life a work of Art.

Juan D'Arienzo, the King of Rhythm.

“El flete” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica, 1936.

“Tango has three things”

Interview to Juan D’Arienzo in 1974.

Juan D'Arienzo, the King of Rhythm.

“Mine was always a tough orchestra, with a very swinging, much nervous, vibrant beat.”

“And it was that way because tango, for me, has three things: beat, impact and nuances. An orchestra ought to have, above all, life. That is why mine lasted more than fifty years.” Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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Tinta verde. Argentine music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires.

“Tinta verde” by Osvaldo Fresedo y su Sexteto Típico, 1927.

“Tinta verde” by Osvaldo Fresedo y su Sexteto Típico, 1927.

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Agustín Bardi

Violinist, pianist and composer (13 August 1884 – 21 April 1941)

In 1914, Bardi played with Eduardo Arolas. It was at the time that Arolas returned to his artistic career after a frustrating venture to open his own business failed.

They played practically by heart, after sight reading, the tangos that day by day arose from the inspiration of the musicians.

Bardi deliberately set aside compositions that, once released, did not satisfy his demanding taste, and he refused to play them again when his orchestra partners requested it. But Arolas liked one of these tangos very much, and, in the face of Bardi’s excuse of having misplaced it, said: “the one you wrote with green ink (tinta verde)…”

This tango went on to become one of the most well known compositions of Agustín Bardi, whose original edition of the score featured a cover illustrated by Arolas himself.

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"Viborita", Argentine Tango music sheet cover.

“Viborita” by Francisco Lomuto y su Orquesta Típica, 1944.

“Viborita” by Francisco Lomuto y su Orquesta Típica, 1944.

Eduardo Arolas

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

“Viborita” is another of Arolas’ delicate tangos, with the peculiarity of having only two parts, without a trio, as was his custom.

Recorded in 1920 for the first time by the Orquesta Típica Select of Osvaldo Fresedo.

Its music sheet was not published until after 1930, when the nephew of Arolas received a pack with manuscripts.

That is why it appears to be published as posthumous work.

A wonderful rendition of this tango to dance at the milongas is the one recorded by Francisco Lomuto in 1944.

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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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Osvaldo Pugliese with Alberto Morán. Argentine music. Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires. Dance classes.

“El abrojito” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Morán in vocals, 1945.

Osvaldo Pugliese with Alberto Morán. Argentine music. Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires. Dance classes.Alberto Morán

Singer
(15 March 1922 – 16 August 1997)

He was Italian and born in Strevi, a city near Milano. He arrived in Argentina at four, finally settling in Buenos Aires.

He began to sing in a neighborhood group and soon entered a second-line orchestra with some success. The bandoneon player Cristóbal Herreros led it, and he performed at the café El Nacional with him.

The young singer attracted the attention of the maestro Osvaldo Pugliese, who asked some of his musicians to listen to this singer for their opinion.

Finally, Pugliese took him to Radio El Mundo for an audition, after which he hired him while, at the same time, he advised him to use more his mezza voce.

Morán, like many other singers, never studied either music or singing, which added to his impassioned style and unconventional way of life, making him risk his voice to such an extreme that his voice declined very early.

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