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La historia de los cantores: primera parte - Volver Tango
"La historia de los cantores: primera parte" is a Volver Tango documentary episode about the tango singer. It follows the singer from the pre-tango period through Carlos Gardel, Ignacio Corsini and Agustín Magaldi to the refrain singers and the orchestra vocalists of the 1940s. It mixes interviews, archival recordings and narration.
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From pre-tango to Gardel
The film begins with early singers such as Ángel Villoldo. It says they sang in a zarzuela-influenced manner, between the last payadores and the pre-tango. The narration dates Gardel's first records to 1913 and says sung tango took off after "Mi noche triste" in 1917. One interviewee argues that from about 1922 Gardel's tangos, with their pauses and held notes, were made for listening rather than dancing.
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National singers and refrain singers
The episode presents Gardel, Corsini and Magaldi as "national singers" who sang many regional styles, not only tango. It recounts the Magaldi–Noda duo, which the film dates to 1925. An interviewee says Roberto Díaz became Francisco Canaro's permanent refrain singer in 1926. The film calls Charlo the most prominent of these refrain singers.
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The orchestra singer
The last part covers 1940s pairings of bandleader and singer. These include Aníbal Troilo with Francisco Fiorentino, Alberto Marino and Floreal Ruiz, Carlos Di Sarli with Roberto Rufino, and Ángel D'Agostino with Ángel Vargas. The episode ends with a look ahead to Alberto Castillo, Julio Sosa and Roberto Goyeneche.
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