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Angel Vargas. Argentine music at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires.

“No aflojés” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1940.

Ángel Vargas

Singer, lyricist and composer
(22 October 1904 – 7 July 1959)

He was the paradigm of the orchestra singer, to such an extent that when we refer to Ángel Vargas, we are inevitably reminded of Ángel D’Agostino, the orchestra leader of his greatest hits.

A singer with impressive personality, he is the symbol of porteño (from Buenos Aires) tango phrasing in the 40s. Vargas sings as only in the 40s tango was sung.
His phrasing was reo and compadrito but at the same time of an infinite good taste.

He had a sweetness which compensated for his small but masculine voice, he generated sympathy and was, above all, a charismatic singer.

Among his recordings these tango interpretations stand out “No aflojés”. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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“Tu corazón” by Alfredo de Ángelis y su Orquesta Típica with Carlos Dante in vocals, 1955.

Donato Racciatti

Bandoneon player, leader and composer
(18 October 1918 – 27 May 2000)

As the historian Juan Carlos Legido says, to write the history of Racciatti is to write a part of the history of Uruguay and of tango in Uruguay in a period of over fifty years. I further say, not only of tango in that brotherly republic, but also in both banks of the River Plate.

Donato Racciatti contributed to the vogue of danceable and popular tango, with great acclaim from the commercial standpoint. He was very often hired throughout Latin America and in Japan. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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“Nobleza de arrabal” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1940.

Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica

His early groups were sextets with which he recorded 48 numbers from November 26, 1928 to August 14, 1931.

Previously he had played piano in a large number of movie theaters as background music for silent movies. In 1923 he joined the group led by Anselmo Aieta.

The following year he played with the outfit fronted by Juan Pedro Castillo and, also, in a trio along with Alejandro Scarpino (bandoneon) and Lorenzo Olivari (violin) to back up the singers that appear on the LOX Radio Cultura radio station.

In the mid- 1926 Osvaldo Fresedo summoned him to perform as piano player of a second orchestra he had put together to appear at the same time of his main aggregation in which the pianist was José María Rizzuti.

1940. Carlos Di Sarli (piano); Roberto Guisado, Ángel Goicoechea, Alfredo Pérez and Antonio Rossi (violins); Roberto Gianitelli, Félix Verdi, Domingo Sánchez, Roberto Mititieri and Luis Porcell (bandoneons); Domingo Capurro (double bass) and Roberto Rufino (vocals).

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“Romántico bulincito” by Rodolfo Biagi y su Orquesta Típica with Jorge Ortiz in vocals, 1941.

Augusto Gentile

Pianist and composer (September 11, 1891 – March 18, 1932)

His work as a tango composer began around 1913. As a player, his name is known only after 1918, when he recorded some tangos as a piano soloist for the Telephone label. He was the musical director of the latter. After that, he had the same position at the Electra record company.

But he stood out as a composer. He wrote “Romántico bulincito”.

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“Mano brava” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

Francisco Fiorentino

Singer, bandoneon player and composer
(23 September 1905 – 11 September 1955)

Fiorentino was, no doubt, the archetype of the orchestra singer, a concept which synthetically describes the main feature of tango in the 40s, when the singer was a member of the group on the same level as the musicians. Fiorentino and Troilo achieved a well-oiled mechanism, of a perfect match where the orchestra was spotlighted in a long introduction to afterwards provide the adequate background necessary for the singer´s showcasing.

He was not virtuoso, his voice was small and his diction was far from impeccable, but these technical disadvantages did not hamper his amazing success. His interpretations of the tangos “Gricel”, “Garúa” and “De barro”, of the waltz “Tu diagnóstico” and of the milonga “Mano brava” turned out anthological. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…