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“Por qué me das dique” by Alfredo De Angelis y su Orquesta Típica with Oscar Larroca in vocals, 1951.

“Por qué me das dique” by Alfredo De Angelis y su Orquesta Típica with Oscar Larroca in vocals, 1951.

De Angelis-Dante-Larroca | Music to learn to dance at Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires - Marcelo Solis

Luis Alonso

Lyricist and cartoonist (June 17, 1900 – n/d)

In Paris, Carlos Gardel reminded Luis Alonso of a tango that, on one occasion, he had shown him in Buenos Aires.

It was “Por qué me das dique” with music by Rodolfo Sciammarella.

On May 10, 1951, Oscar Larroca recorded it among his first recordings with the Alfredo De Angelis orchestra.

Read more about Luis Alonso 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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“Se dice de mí” by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica with Carlos Roldán in vocals, 1943.

“Se dice de mí” by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica with Carlos Roldán in vocals, 1943.

Carlos Roldán, Argentine Tango singer. Portrait.

Carlos Roldán

Singer (31 December 1913 – 16 June 1973)

Being a child he evidenced his passion for singing.

Still wearing short trousers he was the refrain singer in an important orchestra in Montevideo.

He was blessed with a very pleasant temper.

The period with Francisco Canaro allowed a wide showcasing of the singer and actor at the successive musical comedies of that time.

Read more about Carlos Roldán at www.todotango.com

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“Don Agustín Bardi” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1961.

“Don Agustín Bardi” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1961.

Horacio Salgán, Argentine Tango musician, leader and composer.

Horacio Salgán

Pianist, leader and composer (June 15, 1916 – August 19, 2016)

He put together his first orchestra in 1944.

About it, he confessed: “The idea of forming it was, in a way, linked to music composing. I began to compose because I wanted to play tango in a pre-established way. I didn’t want to be a composer but to play tangos the way I liked. The same happened with the orchestra. As I liked to play tangos in my style, the only possible way was to have my group. Then I put it together. Some people enjoy being bandleaders, but I was interested in my pianistic vocation. I had no intention of creating anything”.

Read more about Horacio Salgán 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

More Argentine Tango music selected for you:

We have lots more music and history

How to dance to this music?

Argentine Tango dancing with Miranda Lindelow

Argentine Tango dancing with Miranda Lindelow

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Communication through the use of language is possible among those who share similar experiences.

The experiences which gave shape to myself made me able to dialog with milongueros born a generation before me in Buenos Aires, and see the gold glitters of their dance, the emotions of the neighborhood, the smell of humid soil in a raining day, the colors of gardens, the sunsets on the sidewalk, playing soccer with next door’s kids, while families bring their chairs out and seat to breath and enjoy the calm of the moment and the chat with the neighbors, those walks back and forth from school, the flavors of your mom’s meals, the sounds of horses bells and carts, the melodies of the street vendors, the knife sharpeners and junk dealers, your dad’s voice playing cards in the local bar with his friends, your grandma adoring those Argentine movie stars appearing in magazines or black and white tv shows… 

All that is foreign to a Porteño of my generation.


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“Sentimiento criollo” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

“Sentimiento criollo” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1941.

Roberto Firpo

Pianist, composer and leader. (10 May 1884 – 14 June 1969)

In 1913, while playing at Armenonville, Roberto Firpo premiered his tango “Sentimiento criollo”.

Firpo was at this time one of the most recognized and celebrated composers of Tango. For that reason, the recording company Lepage Odeón, of Max Glücksmann, summoned him to make their first recordings.

In 1941, Carlos Di Sarli recorded this fabulous tango.

Read more about Roberto Firpo and the History of Tango

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

More Argentine Tango music selected for you:

We have lots more music and history

How to dance to this music?