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“Te aconsejo que me olvides” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

Pedro Maffia

Bandoneonist, leader, composer, teacher
(28 August 1899 – 16 October 1967)

It is not known what secret gift made Pedro Maffia find in the core of the bandoneon sounds that nobody had discovered before.

Until the second decade of the twentieth century bandoneon players had a tendency to imitate the flute —gradually displaced in the early quartets— and the barrell organ with their instrument. Pedro Maffia was who delivered the bandoneon needed by this popular genre so to leave behind the playful Guardia Vieja (old stream) and turn serious, concentrated, fairly dreaming and frequently sad. Continue reading at www.tangomango.com…

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“Independiente club” by Alfredo Gobbi y su Orquesta Típica, 1948.

Agustín Bardi

Violinist, pianist and composer (13 August 1884 – 21 April 1941)

Another of Bardi’s great contributions to Argentine popular music was the creation, together with Canaro, Filiberto, Lomuto, Greco, Martinez and others, of a society that protected the rights of musicians and composers, a society that over time would become the prestigious Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música (SADAIC).

He died on April 21, 1941.

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“La racha” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica, 1938.

Lucio Demare

Pianist, composer, arranger and leader
(August 9, 1906 – March 6, 1974)

From 1938, he successfully continued his career as a bandleader and has recorded since “La racha” sixty-two numbers for Odeon with Miranda, Raúl Berón, and Horacio Quintana on vocals. After 1950, he recorded with his orchestra for Columbia, for T.K., and Artfono. Learn more about Lucio Demare at www.todotango.com.

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“Mañana zarpa un barco” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Juan Carlos Miranda in vocals, 1942.

Juan Carlos Miranda

Singer
(July 23, 1917 – July 8, 1999)

Lucio Demare auditioned him three times before accepting him. He passed the exam and immediately, on June 13, 1938, he recorded the tango “Telón” and “Din Don”.
In 1941 again he committed to record “Malena”: “Al compás de un tango”, and “Mañana zarpa un barco”. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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“Reliquias porteñas” by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica, 1938.

Graciano De Leone

Bandoneonist, leader and composer
(16 July 1890 – 21 June 1945)

This porteño was initially guitarist. His friend, Eduardo Arolas, persuaded him to pick up bandoneon. He had two brothers that were musicians, Pascual who was pianist and Nicolás, guitarist. He lived for a long time on Tacuarí 1870 and his whereabouts were the neighborhood of Barracas and Parque Lezama. Continue reading at todotango.com…