José María Rizzuti

José María Rizzuti was born on 6 August 1897 ^[1]. He debuted in 1917 at the Bar Los Leones in Barracas, in Juan Bautista Guido's group ^[2]. He later played with Eduardo Arolas's orchestra, with Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra and in Julio De Caro's giant orchestra ^[2][3][5].

Rizzuti was also a composer. His first composition, the tango El carpincho, dates from 1920 ^[3]. Later works include Bésame en la boca, written with Eduardo Calvo and recorded by Gardel ^[4], Canción de cuna ^[3] and El tarta, written with Emilio Fresedo ^[8]. He died on 16 January 1953 ^[9].

Career

Rizzuti's first documented engagement was in 1917, when he debuted at the Bar Los Leones in the Barracas district in Juan Bautista Guido's group ^[2]. In 1919 he played with Eduardo Arolas's orchestra at the Parque Hotel in Montevideo ^[2].

He is listed as a member of Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra in 1926 ^[5][6]. In 1928 he travelled to Europe with Fresedo's orchestra ^[3].

In 1932 Rizzuti joined Julio De Caro's orchestra ^[7], playing in what was described as De Caro's giant orchestra ^[3].

Rizzuti died on 16 January 1953 ^[9].

Compositions

Rizzuti's compositions in the sources include the following ^[3][4][8]:

- El carpincho (1920), a tango and his first composition ^[3] - Bésame en la boca (1926), written with Eduardo Calvo and recorded by Gardel ^[4] - Canción de cuna (1928), written in the year of his European trip with Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra ^[3] - El tarta (1933), written with Emilio Fresedo ^[8]

Related

Rizzuti's career connects him to the orchestras of Osvaldo Fresedo, with whom he played in 1926 and toured Europe in 1928, and Julio De Caro, which he joined in 1932 ^[3][5][7].