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Anselmo Aieta

Anselmo Aieta was born in Buenos Aires Argentina.††† Anselmo Aieta: Bandoneonista, compositor y director, Aieta, whose fame mostly dates to the 1920s, was a musically illiterate, intuitive composer who had friends transcribe melodies that came to his head; the brand-new 1958 'Pavadita' deliberately echoes that older style., and Aieta is a guardia vieja giant; D'Arienzo started out playing violin in one of Aieta's cinema bands; he composed Palomita blanca, Pavadita and Alma en pena.††† Anselmo Aieta played in Carlos Di Sarli.†

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Cabeza de novia — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Alma en pena — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Pavadita — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Mariposita — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Corralera — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Siga el corso — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Bajo Belgrano — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Corrales viejos — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Luis Alberto — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Ya estamos iguales — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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La chiflada — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Tus besos fueron míos — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Suerte loca — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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La violetera — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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Qué fenómeno — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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A cara limpia — composed by Anselmo Aieta

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El huérfano — composed by Anselmo Aietasource

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In other catalogues4

TodoTango · creador/1

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Wikidata · Q5696611source

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MusicBrainz · b960aac3-6561-4cc6-be58-8c45426f6880source

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Discogs · 1296762

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Born1

Born on November 5, 1896

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Died1

Died on September 25, 1964

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Birthplace1

Born in Buenos Aires Argentina

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Bandoneonista, compositor y director

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Aieta, whose fame mostly dates to the 1920s, was a musically illiterate, intuitive composer who had friends transcribe melodies that came to his head; the brand-new 1958 'Pavadita' deliberately echoes that older style.

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Aieta is a guardia vieja giant; D'Arienzo started out playing violin in one of Aieta's cinema bands; he composed Palomita blanca, Pavadita and Alma en pena.

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Played in2

Juan D'Arienzo — played in Anselmo Aieta

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Played in Carlos Di Sarli

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Influenced1

Esposito Genaro — influenced Anselmo Aieta

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