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El Viejo Almacén

1969: El Viejo Almacén, a traditional tanguería at Balcarce 793 in San Telmo, was founded on 9 May 1969 by the singer Edmundo Rivero in a colonial building, and was declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 1982.†

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1969tango house founded by Edmundo Rivero on 9 May 1969

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  1. 1960s

    1. 1963Raúl Bravo: Replaces Virulazo at El Viejo Almacén, Edmundo Rivero's club in San Telmo.

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    2. 1969Julio Pane: Edmundo Rivero brings him to El Viejo Almacén to replace Ciriaco Ortiz; he forms a trio.

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    3. 1969Edmundo Rivero: Opens his own tango house, El Viejo Almacén, at Independencia and Carlos Calvo in San Telmo.

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    4. 1969Ciriaco Ortiz: Plays at the opening of El Viejo Almacén.

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  2. 1970s

    1. 1974Raúl Garello: Debuts his first own group, a sextet, at El Viejo Almacén in San Telmo, Edmundo Rivero's venue.

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    2. 1974Osvaldo Tarantino: Pianist of Raúl Garello's sextet at El Viejo Almacén.

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  3. 1980s

    1. 1987Tito Reyes: Begins singing at El Viejo Almacén with the Baffa-De Lío quartet.

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    2. 1989Roberto Florio: Several months at El Viejo Almacén with Ernesto Baffa's quartet.

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El Viejo Almacén, a traditional tanguería at Balcarce 793 in San Telmo, was founded on 9 May 1969 by the singer Edmundo Rivero in a colonial building, and was declared a Site of Cultural Interest in 1982May 9, 1969Single source

Artists such as Aníbal Troilo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Roberto Goyeneche, Ernesto Baffa and Leopoldo Federico performed on the stages of El Viejo AlmacénSingle source

Address: Balcarce 793Single source

Edmundo Rivero's San Telmo tango house in a colonial building, where Troilo, Pugliese, Goyeneche and Federico played.

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