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“Esta noche de luna” by José García y sus Zorros Grises with Alfredo Rojas in vocals, 1943.

“Esta noche de luna” by José García y sus Zorros Grises with Alfredo Rojas in vocals, 1943.

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José García

Violinist, leader and composer (July 22, 1908 – April 5, 2000)

Soon after he finished his studies, José García put up a conservatory in Lanús. He tried to pass on the knowledge he had acquired through hard work to the kids with musical inclinations in that locality. Soon, the enthusiastic, brand-new teacher was favored by many vibrant students.

In 1926 he formed an infant orchestra lined-up by students of his Conservatory. Some of them later joined his polished outfit Los Zorros Grises..

As a composer, José García wrote 28 numbers, from which these stand out: the tango “Esta noche de luna”.

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“No hay tierra como la mía” by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica with Ernesto Famá in vocals, 1939.

“No hay tierra como la mía” by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica with Ernesto Famá in vocals, 1939.

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Charlo

Singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer. (7 July 1906 – 30 October 1990)

Charlo is one the most important singers in Tango.

He was responsible for establishing an emotional style though austere and without exaggerations, of perfect intonation and attentive musicianship.

As composer he displayed his great melodic talent, giving birth to important pieces in tango romanza style.

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“Fuegos artificiales” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica, 1945.

“Fuegos artificiales” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica, 1945.

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Eduardo Arolas

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

In 1912 Roberto Firpo called Arolas and Roccatagliatta to play with him at the famous cabaret Armenonville. Later, Arolas distanced himself from Firpo and had a sign at his presentations that clarified “We don’t play Firpo’s compositions”.

But “Fuegos artificiales” became a great outcome from this encounter.

Firpo still went on to record many of Arolas’ tangos.

Let’s listen to the magnificent rendition of “Fuegos artificiales” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica, 1945.

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“Vendrás alguna vez” by Enrique Rodríguez y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto “El Chato” Flores in vocals, 1938.

Luis César Amadori

Lyricist, author, entrepreneur, filmmaker and journalist (28 May 1902 – 5 June 1977)

Luis Cesar Amadori. Music to learn to dance at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires.

Writing for theater unavoidably drove him to write as well the lyrics of numerous songs, mainly tangos.

With Alfredo Malerba he wrote “Vendrás alguna vez”


Like many other Italian families that came to our country to search for their fortune, he arrived in our country when he was five from Pescara, his hometown. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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There is a Spanish translation of this post…

“T.B.C.” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Sexteto Típico, 1928.

Tango "T.B.C." music sheet cover.

The sextets renowned in the history of Tango developed a classic constitution: two bandoneons, two violins, piano and double bass. It is necessary to previously point out that those line-ups were neither unmovable nor permanent.

They changed according to dates and circumstances.

Carlos Di Sarli for his appearance at the Café Guaraní (1927): César Ginzo and Tito Landó (b), José Pécora and David Abramsky (v), Di Sarli (p) and A. Krauss (db). One month later Héctor Lefalle substituted for Abramsky (v) and Domingo Capurro for A. Krauss (db). Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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