Tania

Tania is catalogued here as an orchestra entry, but the dossier material describes the career of a single performer, referred to as "she" ^[1][2]. She arrived in Buenos Aires with a Spanish troupe, with the year given as either 1924 or 1925 ^[1].

Around 1927 she sang at the Folies Bergère on Cerrito street, where she met Enrique Santos Discépolo ^[1]. From about 1928 she sang on Radio Prieto, then on Radio París, Radio Belgrano and other stations ^[2].

Her first recordings, from around 1930, were made with Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra ^[2]. In 1946 she sang with Mariano Mores's orchestra and on Radio El Mundo ^[2]. She opened her own venue, Cambalache, in 1963, and died in Buenos Aires on 17 February 1999 ^[2].

History

Tania came to Buenos Aires as part of a Spanish troupe ^[1]. The arrival year is not fixed: the source gives it as 1924 or 1925 ^[1].

In 1927 she was singing at the Folies Bergère, a venue on Cerrito street, and it was there that she met Enrique Santos Discépolo ^[1].

In 1937 she appeared in El pobre Pérez ^[2]. In 1963 she opened her own venue, named Cambalache ^[2]. She died in Buenos Aires on 17 February 1999 ^[2].

Radio

Her radio work began around 1928 on Radio Prieto, after which she sang on Radio París, Radio Belgrano and other stations ^[2]. In 1946 she was heard on Radio El Mundo ^[2].

Recordings and orchestras

Her first recordings, dated to 1930, were made with the orchestra of Osvaldo Fresedo ^[2]. In 1946 she sang with the orchestra of Mariano Mores ^[2].