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- Edgardo Donato8 days agoDescribed as Lavocah resists calling Donato a bridge to D'Arienzo as too simple; other bands such as Ernesto Ponzio's also played fast tangos with violin pizzicato, but with
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as 1933 was a very strong year for tango in Poland, with many artists; Hawaiian guitar was a worldwide phenomenon at the time, not a strange intrusion into Argenti
- La cumparsita8 days agoDescribed as Canaro recorded La cumparsita in 1927, 1929 and 1933, always coupled with the same B-side and, confusingly, with the same matrix number; the 1933 version is the
- Elvino Vardaro8 days agoDescribed as Victor judged Vardaro's Tigre viejo test pressing too uncommercial and refused to press it or give him a contract; his nephew Osvaldo told Lavocah that Vardaro
- Elvino Vardaro8 days agoDescribed as In 1933 Vardaro, who had a failed sextet with the young Pugliese in 1929-30, formed a new sextet with Troilo on first bandoneón, José Pascual on piano, Hugo Bar
- Milonga triste8 days agoDescribed as Milonga triste (music Sebastián Piana, words Homero Manzi) by the team behind Milonga sentimental pushes the milonga toward sadness; the 1933 Corsini recording
- Pedro Maffia8 days agoDescribed as Ventarrón was written by Maffia in 1930; Maffia himself had no recording contract in 1933.
- Ada Falcón8 days agoDescribed as Falcón is arguably the most important artist of 1933 if the scene is considered beyond dance orchestras, and recorded only with Canaro's backing.
- Ernesto Famá8 days agoDescribed as Lavocah thinks Famá's greatest vocal performances with Canaro are in 1932-33 rather than later.
- Francisco Canaro8 days agoDescribed as Canaro's music hardens between 1932 and 1933 and the tender Canaro of the 20s is going, as the Serie Sinfónica ends; Pinta brava is one of its last tracks.
- Edgardo Donato8 days agoDescribed as Donato's playfulness is quite sophisticated: the violin often comes in on the offbeat as an echo of the melody.
- Edgardo Donato8 days agoDescribed as Donato is on the rise in 1933, and waltzes like Penas and Veneración show what he would become; his brother's cello has been in the band since the 1920s, and Pe
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as Orchestras generally recorded new hits, so a good song like Cómo se muere de amor could go unrecorded by others; in 1951-52 Canaro recorded Tomo mate, a milonga
- Francisco Lomuto8 days agoDescribed as 'Pancho Laguna' is Lomuto's pen name as a lyricist, so he wrote both music and words of several tangos.
- Francisco Lomuto8 days agoDescribed as Lomuto is fourth in 1933 behind Fresedo, Canaro and Firpo, not competing for top spot.
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as 1933 is the year milonga becomes a dance-band rhythm: Canaro popularised it, building on Mercedes Simone's sentimental milongas of the year before.
- Azucena Maizani8 days agoDescribed as In the 1910s-20s women such as Azucena Maizani and Rosita Quiroga performed in men's dinner jackets; everyone knew they were women. Quiroga quit about 1931 in t
- Carlos Gardel8 days agoDescribed as Gardel was happy to sing superficial lyrics but also lyrics that would have been controversial from anyone else; Lavocah likens his universality to 'Everyman',
- Carlos Gardel8 days agoDescribed as Gardel aims at global stardom in 1933 (Paramount films in Paris), so his sound becomes more romantic and lyrical, less tanguero and less Argentine; he recorded
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as Because many sextets were culled, what survives on 1933 records represents music that could make money, not the whole scene.
- Elvino Vardaro8 days agoDescribed as Vardaro's violin tone is unmistakable, above all his vibrato: 'a second, half a second, we know it's enough'; Lavocah can't imagine Típica Victor, Carabelli and
- Charlo8 days agoDescribed as Charlo had been contracted to Odeon for several years, singing mainly with Canaro and with Lomuto, until Victor tempted him away in 1933 with a solo contract; h
- Osvaldo Fresedo8 days agoDescribed as Fresedo was huge in 1933 partly because he was good and partly because competitors vanished; he travelled to North America three times and was very influenced b
- Osvaldo Fresedo8 days agoDescribed as Fresedo's 1933 may be his best year: he has found a light, romantic style quite different from the heavier 1927-29 sextet, with a piano that is not the backbone
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as The 1933 big three are Canaro, Fresedo and Firpo, none of them among the 1940s golden-decade big four; Típica Victor and Canaro bring a more European feel.
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as The first Argentine talking film's poster puts the soloists such as Mercedes Simone in lights, with dance orchestras like Fresedo, D'Arienzo and Típica Victor i
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as The most sophisticated bands were eliminated: Marcucci, Petrucelli and Brignolo are gone, Maffia and De Caro have no contract at the start of the year, and Di S
- Guardia Nueva8 days agoDescribed as Talking pictures and the Great Depression together caused a huge cull of musicians and orchestras in 1931-32, and about 50% of record companies went bust, leavi
- Recording 45518 days agoDescribed as First of three Donato numbers, a fast tango relying on violin pizzicato, played as a bridge to what D'Arienzo would do.
- Recording 2218 days agoDescribed as A less well-known foxtrot with a singer in a more English style and a much slower pace.