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Payada

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Described as A payada for two is called a contrapunto and takes the form of a sung duel

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  1. Payada7 days agoDescribed as A payada for two is called a contrapunto and takes the form of a sung duel
  2. Habanera7 days agoDescribed as The first documented habanera is 'El amor en el baile', anonymous, published in the Havana literary paper La Prensa on 13 November 1842
  3. Habanera7 days agoGlossary meaning The habanera is a musical genre that originated in Cuba in the first half of the 19th century
  4. Mora Godoy7 days agoBorn in La Plata
  5. Virulazo7 days agoBorn in Haedo
  6. Haedo7 days agoDescribed as A town in the partido of Morón, Buenos Aires province, named after Mariano Francisco Haedo.
  7. Lita Morales7 days agoSignature recording Chapaleando barro
  8. Lita Morales7 days agoSang with Edgardo Donato
  9. Lita Morales7 days agoSang with Edgardo Donato
  10. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoDescribed as Nudler: Piazzolla–De Rosas the supreme conjunction in avant-garde tango
  11. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoDescribed as Piazzolla: 'un cantante pulcro y cuidadoso'
  12. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoDescribed as estilo romántico, voz dulce, afinación
  13. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSignature recording Rosa de fuego
  14. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with Astor Piazzolla
  15. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with José Basso
  16. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with Roberto Caló
  17. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with Osvaldo Fresedo
  18. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with Eduardo Del Piano
  19. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with Florindo Sassone
  20. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with Pedro Laurenz
  21. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSignature recording Pequeña
  22. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoSang with Osmar Maderna
  23. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoBorn in Buenos Aires
  24. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoDied 2015-07-26
  25. Héctor de Rosas7 days agoBorn 1931-10-02
  26. Roberto Videla7 days agoDescribed as 'correcto'; lacked personality for tango (quoted veteran singer)
  27. Roberto Videla7 days agoSignature recording Tu vieja ventana
  28. Roberto Videla7 days agoSang with Juan Carlos Caviello
  29. Roberto Videla7 days agoSang with Ricardo Tanturi
  30. Roberto Videla7 days agoSang with Ricardo Tanturi
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