Tango in 1921

Guillermo Barbieri: The Gardelli-Barbieri duo debuts at the Teatro Español in Chivilcoy.[1]

Astor Piazzolla: Born in Mar del Plata.[2]

Astor Piazzola: Born in Mar del Plata.[2]

Armando Moreno: Born Armando Bassi in Buenos Aires.[3]

Oscar Herrero: Born in Palermo, Buenos Aires.[4]

Ángel Cardenas: Born in Partido de Chacabuco.[5]

Osvaldo Avena: Born in Buenos Aires.[6]

Fulvio Salamanca: Born in Juan B. Molina, Santa Fe.[7]

Héctor Arbelo: Born in Gerli.[8]

Juan Carlos Lamas: Born in Rosario.[9]

Carlos Olmedo: Born in Tranqueras, Rivera.[10]

Necdet Koyutürk: Born in Ankara.[11]

Peregrino Paulos dies in Buenos Aires.[12][15]

Julieta Kenan: Born in Provincia de Río Negro.[13]

Armando Cupo: Born in Buenos Aires.[14]

Adolfo Rosquellas: Composed “Cap Polonio” (1921).[16]

Pedro Maffia: Composed “La mariposa” (1921).[17]

Fernán Silva Valdés publishes Agua del tiempo, the start of nativist poetry.[18]

Roberto Zerrillo joins Carlos Warren's orchestra at the Moulin Rouge, playing beside Eduardo Arolas, then moves to Buenos Aires.[19]

Antonio Buglione writes La maleva, later recorded by Carlos Gardel.[20]

Francisco García Jiménez writes Zorro gris with Rafael Tuegols; it brings him to Gardel, whom he meets at the Glücksmann studio above the Gran Splendid cinema on Santa Fe street.[21]

Pedro Numa Córdoba writes Muñequita de lujo with Enrique Delfino, recorded by Gardel.[22]

Eduardo Pereyra goes to Uruguay and Chile, accompanying La Satanela in Punta Arenas.[23]

Alberto Vacarezza writes La copa del olvido with Enrique Delfino, recorded by Gardel.[24]

Enrique Maciel becomes a guitarist for the Victor label.[25]

Teófilo Lespés writes Como los nardos en flor with Mario and Eduardo Viera.[26]

Rafael Tuegols writes Zorro gris with Francisco García Jiménez.[27]

Francisco Canaro leads a 32-piece orchestra at the carnival balls of the Teatro Opera.[28]

Bachicha leaves Firpo's orchestra and goes to Spain with a theatre company.[29]

Minotto Di Cicco returns to Montevideo and forms his own group, with his brothers and Francisco De Caro, later Julio De Caro.[30]

Esposito Genaro: The Genaro-Pizarro orchestra plays the Pavillon Dauphine in Paris.[31]

Juan Carlos Bazán tours Peru with an orchestra including Emilio De Caro and Juan Bautista Deambroggio.[32]

Zorro Gris — 1921[33]

La copa del olvido — 1921[34]

Sufra — 1921[35]

Cielito mío — 1921[36]

Muñequita de lujo — 1921[37]

Casa Electra, Perú 707 — Head office of Améndola's Casa Electra, which launched its labels 1921-1923.1921[38]

Guardia Nueva — Hollywood/United States: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) made Rudolph Valentino a star, and inspired a tango craze and fashions such as gaucho pants1921[39][40][41]

Santa Cruz (Patagonia) — Rebellious Patagonia: The army shoots striking rural workers in Santa Cruz.1921[42]

Teatro Cervantes, Buenos Aires — Teatro Cervantes opens: The Spanish-founded national theatre.1921[43]

Copenhagen — Copenhagen: in 1921 Jacob Gade returned from New York to a post as kapelmester at the Palads cinema, where in 1925 he composed Jalousie, Tango1921[44]

La mariposa — Premiered at Royal Pigall.1921[45]

Astor Piazzolla — Born.Mar 11, 1921[46]

Jorge Garré — Born.Mar 31, 1921[47]

Jorge Garré — Born.Mar 31, 1921[48]

Hugo Soler — Born.Apr 14, 1921[49]

Fulvio Salamanca — Born.Aug 19, 1921[50][51]

Ariel Ramírez — Born.Sep 4, 1921[52]

Juan Carlos Lamas — Born.Oct 13, 1921[53][54]

Carlos Olmedo — Born.Oct 26, 1921[55][56]

Fontán Luna — Born.Dec 20, 1921[57]