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“Shusheta” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1945.

“Shusheta” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1945.

Juan Carlos Cobián, pianist, leader and composer of Argentine Tango.

Juan Carlos Cobián

Pianist, leader, composer and lyricist (31 May 1896 – 10 December 1953)

He was an authentic innovator of Tango, either as player or as composer.

As a pianist, he was the first to fill the bass line with embellishments when the melody rested.

As a composer, Juan Carlos Cobián is, alongside Enrique Delfino, the creator of the so-called tango-romanza.

Since an early age, he was irresistibly attracted by the piano of his house, played by his sister Dolores, when the family was based in Bahía Blanca. In admiration of what the fingers of the little boy managed to get out of the keyboard, Dolores influenced their parents to make him study music.

On December 10, 1953, he passed away. He was 57 years old but had known life as if he were just a century old. «Was there anything to be done on Earth after having known all?» said about him Enrique Cadícamo, his collaborator of always, with whom he composed “Shusheta”.

Read more about Juan Carlos Cobián 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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“Solamente ella” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Horacio Quintana in vocals, 1944.

“Solamente ella” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Horacio Quintana in vocals, 1944.

Horacio Quintana, Argentine Tango singer.

Horacio Quintana

Singer and composer (May 30, 1920 – November 15, 2007)

During his tenure with the Lucio Demare orchestra, Horacio Quintana cut 14 recordings and demonstrated his hierarchy as a singer.

He displays the attractive color of his voice, and his excellent quality of interpretation, without exaggerations or unjustified over-dramatizations, with an easy-to-sing phrasing, that is to say, with all that is necessary to sing tango well.

On July 27, 1944 he succeeded in recording for the Odeon label and cut the tango “Solamente ella”.

Read more about Horacio Quintana at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes 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.

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“The Tango lesson”

“The Tango lesson”

The Tango lesson movie poster

Director & writer: Sally Potter. Stars: Sally Potter, Pablo Verón.

In this movie you may identify many elements that you had gone through in your own process of discovering the art and passion of Tango.

The plot is simple: A scriptwriter comes to Paris to work on her film. There she discovers Tango and takes lessons, developing a relationship with a dancer.

The film, a co-production of Argentina, France, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

The soundtrack includes original iconic Argentine Tango recordings.

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“Llorar por una mujer” by Enrique Rodriguez y su orquesta Típica with Armando Moreno in vocals, 1941.

“Llorar por una mujer” by Enrique Rodriguez y su orquesta Típica with Armando Moreno in vocals, 1941.

Armando Moreno, Argentine Tango singer. Portrait.

Armando Moreno

Singer (29 May 1921 – 8 October 1990)

He was an essentially popular artist, because of his repertoire and because of the attraction he drew on the public, but that condition didn’t mean that he was a smaller interpreter, just the opposite, he was a very good singer.

He tried everything, he sang anything, but when we listen to him performing tangos, his tenor phrasing had a good intonation and he used his mezza voce.

In spite of the jolly mood of the orchestra that accompanied him for almost all his career, he was a neat singer with good taste.

Read more about Armando Moreno at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes 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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