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

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

Anibal Troilo & Francisco Fiorentino, Argentine Tango music.

Francisco Martino

Guitarist, singer, composer and dancer (6 June 1884 – 25 May 1938)

There was no criollo gathering or gaucho ensemble in Buenos Aires and its outskirts that did not count him as one of its great entertainers since 1900, since as a child he began in the art of footwork and very soon afterward, the secrets of the guitar to accompany himself singing first and then serve their inspiration, in styles, figures, and milongas.

Already in his first adventures, Carlos Gardel recorded the style “El Sueño”, his original work, in 1912, on Columbia records, and over time he did the same with “Maragata”.

Martino died in 1938, but three years after his death, Aníbal Troilo, who deeply admired Carlos Gardel and wanted his orchestra to sound like the voice of the Morocho, adapted this tune in time of tango and made a wonderful creation with the priceless intonation by Francisco Fiorentino.

Read more about Francisco Martino 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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“Duelo criollo” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Jorge Durán in vocals, 1946.

“Duelo criollo” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Jorge Durán in vocals, 1946.

Lito Bayardo, with his guitar.

Lito Bayardo

Guitarist, singer, composer and lyricist (March 3, 1905 – March 7, 1986)

When he was asked about the present Tango, he said:

«A new modernist theory based on a cerebral but twisted tango has arisen. The work of the consecrated artists of the first stage has been underestimated to open the way to the music of hardened technique, which is not popular. There are great names among the musicians that interpret it, but they have spoiled the rhythm of true Tango».

Read more about Lito Bayardo at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do hi-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 address 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 an 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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“A bailar” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1943.

“A bailar” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1943.

Domingo Federico playing bandoneon.

Domingo Federico

Bandoneonist, leader, composer and teacher (4 June 1916 – 6 April 2000)

His work as a skillful composer did not stop.

So true gems of the genre were springing up of his notable inspiration: “Yuyo verde”, “A bailar”, “Tristezas de la calle Corrientes”, “Percal”, among other quite beautiful tangos.

Domingo Federico was a great among tango artists and his work is of such a quality that many of his compositions turned out genuine classics of the genre.

Read more about Domingo Federico 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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“Desde el alma” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1979.

“Desde el alma” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1979.

Music: Rosita Melo. Lyrics: Víctor Piuma Vélez / Homero Manzi.

The young girl —just fourteen years old— laid her fingers on the black and white keyboard of the piano.

Hardly may she have guessed that the keys she had decided to play would strike the notes for one of the most popular melodies in Buenos Aires and, why not?, in all the world.

One after another, quarter and sixteenth notes were shaping a beautiful romantic melody, while the left hand was playing the no less romantic waltz beat.

Everything was springing from her soul, like one of her teen-age dreams.

Because of that there was no other possible title and she called it, precisely, “Desde el alma”.

It was an ordinary day in 1911 and, time later, the girl held in her hands the first recording of her waltz, made by the Roberto Firpo’s orchestra.

Later came a huge number of renderings committed to record to consecrate its composer, Rosa Clotilde Mele, born in Montevideo on July 9, 1897.

She was widely known by her nom de plume: Rosita Melo.

Read more about “Desde el alma” 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 compasión” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1941.

“Sólo compasión” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1941.

Angel D'Agostino and Ángel Vargas, Argentine Tango music.

Music: Benjamín Holgado Barrio. Lyrics: Luis Castiñeira.

In the early years of the 30s, Ángel D’Agostino put together his own tango orchestra.

In 1939 Alfredo Attadía joined them as lead bandoneon and arranger.

He had great vocalists.

Among them, the most outstanding one was Ángel Vargas, who became an icon of the orchestra.

D’Agostino was right with the purpose of creating a style of very simple musical conceptions, but with an expressive way of playing, carried out by a qualified nucleus of performers.

But the identification with Angel Vargas determined, over the independent work of each one, the success of a team that managed to succeed at the time of the greatest presence of major Tango figures.

Read more about Angel D’Agostino and Ángel Vargas at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy

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  • Music

  • Spotify

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.

Ver este artículo en español

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