A. Bardi

A. Bardi is catalogued as an orchestra, but the material available concerns the career of a single musician and composer, described in the cited biographical sources under the name Agustín Bardi ^[2][3]. His birth date is recorded as 13 August 1884 ^[4].

The recorded activity covers performing as a violinist in a small group around 1910 ^[1], composing and publishing tangos between 1912 and 1930 ^[2][3], and managing a company called La Cargadora, which he left in 1935 ^[2]. He died in Bernal on 21 April 1941, and Julio De Caro completed the tango he had left unfinished ^[2].

History

Around 1910, Bardi played violin in a trio with Genaro Espósito and José Camarano at Café La Marina in La Boca ^[1].

In 1912 he wrote Vicentito, recorded as his first tango, which he dedicated to Vicente Greco ^[2]. In 1919 he published El baquiano and El paladín ^[3]. The tango Nunca tuvo novio appeared in 1930 ^[3].

Bardi had come to manage a company named La Cargadora, and he left it in 1935 ^[2]. He died in Bernal on 21 April 1941 ^[2]. His last tango was unfinished at his death and was completed by Julio De Caro ^[2].

Musicians

The only ensemble recorded for Bardi is a trio from around 1910 ^[1]. In it he played violin alongside Genaro Espósito and José Camarano, and the group performed at Café La Marina in La Boca ^[1].

Repertoire

Compositions attributed to Bardi, with the year given for each, include: ^[2][3]

- Vicentito (1912), his first tango, dedicated to Vicente Greco ^[2] - El baquiano (published 1919) ^[3] - El paladín (published 1919) ^[3] - Nunca tuvo novio (appeared 1930) ^[3] - An unfinished last tango, completed by Julio De Caro after Bardi's death in 1941 ^[2]