“Sos una fiera” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Sexteto Típico with Ernesto Famá in vocals, 1929.
Music: José Laina
Lyrics: Víctor Soliño / Roberto Fontaina
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“El espiante” by Osvaldo Fresedo y su Sexteto Típico, 1927.
Author: Osvaldo Fresedo
“Al compás del corazón (Late un corazón)” by Miguel Caló y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1942.
Domingo Federico
Bandoneonist, leader, composer, and teacher.
(June 4, 1916 – April 6, 2000)
«A funny story took place at the opening of his tango “Al compás del corazón (Late un corazón)”.
As soon as Federico joined Miguel Caló’s outfit, he showed his tango to his colleagues, which was warmly accepted. The orchestra members wanted to play it, but the singers Raúl Berón and Alberto Podestá had doubts because they did not know the lyrics yet.
One day they decided to premiere it without Caló’s consent; a lark, a gaily mischievous action for fun. The leader was not used to going to the tearoom, where they played in the afternoons. As the vocalists did not want to sing it, one of the most fervent enthusiasts of that tango piece, Enrique Francini, decided to do it. So was the improvised debut of this tango, with great public acclaim. The audience wanted to hear the piece again. When Caló arrived, the public requested that the tune be played again. As he did not know what it was about, he asked them to play it, and it immediately was included in the orchestra’s repertoire».Continue reading at www.todotango.com…
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“Tres esquinas” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1941.
Ángel D’Agostino
Pianist, composer and leader
(25 May 1900 – 16 January 1991)
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I have been a precocious porteño. I was born on Moreno Street between Virrey Cevallos and Solís on May 25, 1900. In my family we were all musicians whether due to study or liking. As at home there was a piano before I was six I decided I had to study. In a short time I had command of the keyboard and soon thereafter I was regarded as a child prodigy and since then I have been playing before audiences. Continue reading at todotango.com…
“Tango Stories – Musical Secrets”, written by Michael Lavocah, 2014.
An essential reading for anyone who would like to understand Tango better.
Michael Lavocah is an authority on Tango dance music. He works internationally as a Tango teacher and DJ, with a special reputation for teaching musicality. He has a reputation for making complex ideas easy to understand, transmitting a depth of knowledge with humor, simplicity and clarity. Michael is the proprietor of the website www.milonga.co.uk, a reference point for tango dance music in the English speaking world.