Ángel D'Agostino

Led by Ángel D'Agostino[1]Single source

Plays in the house orchestra of the Teatro Nacional with Juan D'Arienzo.1919[2]Single source

Forms an orchestra playing tango and jazz, hired by the Palais de Glace.1920[3]Single source

Joins the Orquesta Típica Paramount, which debuts at the Paramount cinema.1925[2]Single source

Co-leads a group with Alfredo Mazzeo on Radio Prieto.1928[2]Single source

Plays at the opening of the Cine Edix at Corrientes and Callao, with Francisco Fiorentino singing refrains.1930[2]Single source

Forms his first tango-only orchestra, with Aníbal Troilo on bandoneon and Alberto Echagüe as singer.1934[3]Single source

The orchestra plays the Casanova cabaret and the Teatro Paris.1935[2]Single source

First Victor recordings with Ángel Vargas, 'Muchacho' and 'No aflojés', after signing with Victor and Radio El Mundo.Nov 13, 1940[4]Single source

Plays the radio show Ronda de Ases;1942[2]Single source

Last recording session with Ángel Vargas.Sep 10, 1946[4]Single source

Tino García debuts on record with the orchestra, singing 'Alma de bohemio'.1947[5]Single source

Last recordings, with Raúl Lavié singing.May 20, 1963[4]Single source

Dies in Buenos Aires.Jan 16, 1991[5]Single source

D'Agostino is a traditionalist in texture, giving the listener only one melodic idea at a time, but moves that idea around the orchestra unusually fast, unlike Canaro's more static dialogues between instruments.[22]Single source

D'Agostino is played far more in Argentine milongas than abroad; for Argentines he does what Canaro does for European DJs, but is more interesting to listen to than most Canaro.[22]Single source

D'Agostino's 1944 sound doesn't seem very different from 1941 on first listen, but the rhythmic part has become a lot more complex underneath — it's just hidden.[23]Single source

D'Agostino's and Di Sarli's milongas pay more attention to the phrase than to a repeated beat, giving them an unusually lyrical swing (cadencia) compared with most milongas.[24]Single source

D'Agostino and singer Ángel Vargas split, not out of real rancour, when Vargas refused a touring commitment in the interior so as not to miss his nightly outings with his friend Enrique Cadícamo; the band toured under bandoneón player Eduardo Del Piano while D'Agostino started a new line-up.[25]Single source

D'Agostino's milongas sit between D'Arienzo's purely rhythmic drive and Di Sarli's melodic phrasing, carrying some of Di Sarli's sense of phrase (as in El Porteñito, c.1945) without being as strongly phrased.[25]Single source

D'Agostino is massively underrated outside Argentina; Stenvoll says everything needed for dancing is in his music, and the lack of drama means you do not tire.[26]Single source

D'Agostino conducts from the piano and plays limpid, minimalist music; the introduction to Hotel Victoria is one of the most perfect solos in tango and consists of a single note.[27]Single source

D'Agostino, Vargas and lyricist Cadícamo are almost a triumvirate: Vargas's lyrics are mostly about barrio life, and many were written by Cadícamo.[28]Single source

Performed at Radio El Mundo1940[6]Single source

Ismael Spitalnik — joined Ángel D'AgostinoJan 1940[3]Single source

Ángel Vargas — joined Ángel D'Agostino1940[7]Single source

Eduardo Del Piano — joined Ángel D'Agostino1940[7]Single source

Tino García — joined Ángel D'Agostino1946[8]Single source

Ángel Vargas — sang with Ángel D'Agostino1940–1946[8][11][12][13][15]Supported · 2

Tino García — sang with Ángel D'Agostino1946–1962[8][16][17][18][19]Supported · 2

Julian Centeya — sang with Ángel D'AgostinoAug 16, 1955[18]Single source

Roberto Alvar — sang with Ángel D'Agostino1962[19]Single source

Raul Lavié — sang with Ángel D'AgostinoMay 20, 1963[20]Single source

Alfredo Attadia — left Ángel D'Agostino1940[7]Single source

Ángel Vargas — left Ángel D'AgostinoSep 10, 1946[8]Single source

Released on RCA Victor1940[3]Single source

Muchacho · Ángel D'Agostino · 1940 — recorded by Ángel D'AgostinoNov 13, 1940[9][10]Supported · 2

No aflojés · Ángel D'Agostino · 1940 — recorded by Ángel D'AgostinoNov 13, 1940[9]Single source

Tres esquinas · Ángel D'Agostino · 1941 — recorded by Ángel D'AgostinoJul 24, 1941[11]Single source

Ella · Ángel D'Agostino · 1955 — recorded by Ángel D'AgostinoAug 16, 1955[18]Single source

Yo soy el tango señores · Ángel D'Agostino · 1962 — recorded by Ángel D'Agostino1962[19]Single source

Its leader was born on 1900-05-25[14]Single source

External id tango_info:AngelDagos[21]Single source

Played in Radio Prieto1928[7]Single source