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“Nyanzas y malevos (Barrio de guapos)” by Enrique Rodriguez y su Orquesta Típica with Armando Moreno in vocals, 1941.

“Nyanzas y malevos (Barrio de guapos)” by Enrique Rodriguez y su Orquesta Típica with Armando Moreno in vocals, 1941.

Pintín Castellanos, Argentine Tango musician, leader, lyricist and composer. Portrait at the cover of his book.

Pintín Castellanos

Pianist, composer, lyricist and leader (10 June 1905 – 2 July 1983)

A strange title was the only one that the orchestra leader Enrique Rodríguez included in his repertoire, sung by Armando Moreno, on March 20, 1941: “Nyanzas y Malevos”.

In his book Entre cortes y quebradas, published in Montevideo in 1948, in the chapter VII Día de Reyes, he comments about the party of candombes and other jubilees held by the negroes that were divided in groups called “nations”, each one in charge of a chief.

These differentiated groups were distinguished for their names, they were The Cabindas, The Congo, The Benguelas and among others, also The Nyanzas and The Malevos, hence the title.

Read more about Pintín Castellanos at www.todotango.com

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Three questions regarding Argentine Tango

Three questions regarding Argentine Tango

Marcelo and Miranda dancing Argentine Tango in San Francisco Union Square, July 2019.

We are curious…

We’d like to know how that magic spark which ignited your passion for Tango started.

Please respond to these three simple questions and I will reply back to you telling you my own story.

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“Misa de once” by Alfredo De Angelis y su Orquesta Típica with Julio Martel in vocals, 1949.

“Misa de once” by Alfredo De Angelis y su Orquesta Típica with Julio Martel in vocals, 1949.

Misa de once, original music sheet cover.

Armando Tagini

Lyricist, composer and singer (9 June 1906 – 12 July 1962)

He had the need and the habit of composing.

He himself says: “I take the themes of my songs from life itself, from what I see passing before my eyes, from every impression I pick up when passing by, adding to it my own emotion, when committing it to paper.

Every place is suitable to take notes, that later become verses… I prefer the sentimental genre and especially in tango, that is per se nostalgic, it is more attuned with the temper of our people.

I would dare to say that we, the Argentines are a little romantic…”

Read more about Armando Tagini at www.todotango.com

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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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“Sólo se quiere una vez” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Floreal Ruiz in vocals, 1946.

“Sólo se quiere una vez” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Floreal Ruiz in vocals, 1946.

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Claudio Frollo

Lyricist (8 June 1887 – 20 March 1942)

Enthusiast of  popular music began writing lyrics in 1927.

Dedicated to it definitively, he contributed significant successes such as the tango “Sólo se quiere una vez”.

He was a lawyer and an author. Judge of Instruction in the courts of the Federal Capital for several years, he knew how to reflect in his books, from 1935, the most interesting court anecdotes that he had to deal with closely.

Read more about Claudio Frollo at www.todotango.com

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Argentine Tango dancing with Miranda

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We are dedicated to promote and preserve the art of Argentine Tango. Argentine Tango is a way of life.

You may like to dance. To dance Tango you must engage in its culture. It is matter of taste.

If you feel incline to Argentine Tango and find it giving you answers to your life’s questions, then you become a milonguero/a.

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