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Our catalogue holds 420 recordings from 1930. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (154 recordings), Roberto Firpo (64 recordings), and Edgardo Donato (35 recordings).

That year

Carlos Di Sarli: Led Carlos Di Sarli.

Antonio Rodio debuts with Pedro Maffia's orchestra at the Glorieta Río de la Plata.

Carlos Varela: First recordings with Firpo: A Montmartre and Qué querés con ese loro.

Ángel Domingo Riverol: First recordings with Carlos Gardel, with Barbieri and Aguilar.

Rodolfo Biagi records with Carlos Gardel for Odeon as part of his accompanying group.

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What was playing?

The records of 1930

One record per orchestra, in the order tango remembers them, each its most danced take that plays. The bar shows how much dancers still use it in the videos we index.

  1. La cumparsita

    Julio De Caro · Instrumental

    6 dances
  2. Siete palabras

    Juan Maglio · Carlos Viván

    6 dances
  3. Quimera de amor

    Minotto Di Cicco · Antonio Buglione

    Not danced on film yet
  4. El pensamiento

    Pedro Maffia · Rafael Cisca

    Recorded in 1931, the nearest year with a clip

    Not danced on film yet
  5. El flete

    Orquesta Típica Porteña · Instrumental

    Not danced on film yet

Meanwhile

In Argentina, Uruguay and the world

Tango By Year, the podcast

Dag Stenvoll plays the year's records and Michael Lavocah talks about them, by permission. Facts from the episodes cite the minute they are said.

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Dancers filmed to this year's music

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

Events held that year.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings19

Carlos Di Sarli — 16 recordings1930

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Edgardo Donato — 35 recordings1930

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Francisco Canaro — 154 recordings1930

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Francisco Lomuto — 22 recordings1930

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Típica Victor — 41 recordings1930

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Julio De Caro — 12 recordings1930

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Roberto Firpo — 64 recordings1930

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Juan Maglio — 13 recordings1930

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Orquesta Típica Brunswick — 24 recordings1930

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Minotto Di Cicco — 3 recordings1930

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Orquesta Típica Porteña — 1 recordings1930

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Pedro Maffia — 2 recordings1930

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Severino (Edgardo Donato) — 1930

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Ecos del alma — 1930

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Mandinga — 1930

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La cumparsita (Roberto Firpo) — 1930

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Algo bueno (Carlos Di Sarli) — January 24, 1930

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El cantar de aquel malevo (Carlos Di Sarli) — March 17, 1930

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Cocoliche (Típica Victor) — March 20, 1930

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What happened59

Antonio Rodio debuts with Pedro Maffia's orchestra at the Glorieta Río de la Plata.

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Carlos Varela: First recordings with Firpo: A Montmartre and Qué querés con ese loro.

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Ángel Domingo Riverol: First recordings with Carlos Gardel, with Barbieri and Aguilar.

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Rodolfo Biagi records with Carlos Gardel for Odeon as part of his accompanying group.

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Eduardo Pareja: Born on 6 April (inferred from his 90th birthday video; the 2012 homage gives his age as 82).

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Carlos Alberto Anzuate: Born; grows up in Almagro.

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Luis Stazo: Born in Buenos Aires.

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Alberto Gómez records Lloró el gaucho with Augusto Vila and the Típica Victor.

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Lalo Martel: Born Raúl Oscar Harispe in San Justo.

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Jorge Uzunian: Born on 29 August.

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Fernando Díaz: First record, 'No tenés perdón de Dios', with Juan Maglio.

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Teófilo Ibáñez records No te hagas curar with the Orquesta Típica Victor.

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Pepito Avellaneda: Born José Domingo Monteleone in Avellaneda.

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Mauricio Mise accompanies four Carlos Gardel recordings with Francisco Canaro's musicians.

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Horacio Salgan starts working as a pianist at the cine Universal in Villa Devoto, then a silent-film house.

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Florindo Sassone debuts professionally in Antonio Polito's group on Radio Belgrano.

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José Garcia: His new orquesta típica plays at the Teatro San Martín; grey suits give the band the name that becomes the Zorros Grises.

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Héctor Marcó adopts the stage name Marcó.

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Manuel Sucher forms a group with the bandoneonist Félix Lipesker in Rosario.

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Eduardo Del Piano: The Del Piano-Paradiso group debuts at the Salón Liguria; Roberto Firpo hires him for the Palace Teatro.

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Roberto Grela turns professional at seventeen, backing Roberto Maida on radio LR3.

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Jorge Omar starts as a radio soloist accompanied by a guitar duo, already as Jorge Omar.

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Alberto Rivera emigrates with his family to Argentina and settles in Santa Fe province.

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Petróleo meets Esperanza Díaz at a milonga; she is his partner until 1949.

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Aníbal Troilo joins the sextet of Elvino Vardaro and Osvaldo Pugliese, which never recorded.

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Ricardo Malerba: The tour ends; the Malerba brothers stay on in Europe, playing in Portugal.

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Ángel Vargas debuts at the café Marzotto, Corrientes 1124, singing afternoons with the Lando-Mattino orchestra.

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Luis Rubistein: Carlos Gardel records his Tarde gris, with music by Juan Bautista Guido.

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Carlos Pesce: El penado catorce, with Agustín Magaldi and Pedro Noda, appears.

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Típica Victor records Queja melodiosa with Ernesto Famá and No te hagas curar with Teófilo Ibáñez.

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Tino García joins Carlos Marcucci's sextet, heard on Radio Prieto and Radio Argentina and at the cabaret Dancing Ocean.

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Homero Manzi: After the September coup he is jailed briefly and loses his literature posts at the Mariano Moreno and Sarmiento colegios.

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Carlos Lenzi writes Araca París with Ramón Collazo, in Paris.

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Rodolfo Sciammarella writes Vieja recova with Enrique Cadícamo.

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Mario Canaro composes in Paris the tango Viejo gaucho, later Quiero verte una vez más.

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Manuel Meaños writes Mi dolor with Marcucci.

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José Horacio Staffolani writes Taconeando with Maffia.

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Armando Baliotti forms the Baliotti-Ginzo orchestra, at the cabaret Imperio.

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Andrés Domenech: His vals El payador takes third prize in Max Glücksmann's vals contest.

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Juan Bautista Abad Reyes gives his views on lunfardo in tango in an interview for the magazine Femenil.

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Héctor María Artola joins Bachicha's orchestra at the Montparnasse cabaret in Paris.

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Tania: First recordings, with Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra.

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Principe Azul replaces Charlo in Francisco Lomuto's orchestra; fourteen recordings.

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Edgardo Donato: Donato-Zerrillo dissolves after a tour with Azucena Maizani and Donato leads his own orchestra.

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Alfredo Gobbi plays in the sextet of Elvino Vardaro and Osvaldo Pugliese, with Aníbal Troilo.

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Roberto Maida premieres "Te odio" in a revue at the Teatro Sarmiento and records for Columbia.

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Agustín Bardi writes Madre hay una sola with José de la Vega and Nunca tuvo novio with Enrique Cadícamo.

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Alejandro Scarpino: Carlos Gardel records his No llore viejita.

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Ramón Collazo writes Araca París with Carlos Lenzi, later recorded by Gardel.

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Enrique Carrera Sotelo: Tita Merello records his comic tango Trabajar ¡nunca!

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A. Bardi: Nunca tuvo novio appears.

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Rosita Quiroga performs at the Teatro Empire.

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Sofía Bozán records for Odeon, including Yira yira, which she premiered at the Teatro Sarmiento.

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Roberto Díaz records Tinieblas with Carlos Marcucci's orchestra for Victor.

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Carlos Viván records his own Cómo se pianta la vida with Maffia for Brunswick.

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Casimiro Aín returns to live in Argentina (Todotango's chronicle says 1927).

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Ángel D'Agostino plays at the opening of the Cine Edix at Corrientes and Callao, with Francisco Fiorentino singing refrains.

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Manuel Buzon ends the Spanish tour by opening the Salón Moderno at the Seville Exposition; in August plays the Teatro Rívoli in Villa Crespo.

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Enrique Santos Discepolo appears with Carlos Gardel in the short films in which Gardel sings Yira yira.

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Orchestras led6

Carlos Di Sarli — Led Carlos Di Sarli.1930

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Francisco Canaro — Led Francisco Canaro.1930

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Francisco Lomuto — Led Francisco Lomuto.1930

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Edgardo Donato — Led Edgardo Donato.1930

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Julio De Caro — Led Julio De Caro.1930

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Roberto Firpo — Led Roberto Firpo.1930

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Dates1

Guardia Nueva — deposed Hipólito Yrigoyen1930, Mar 10, 1930, Apr 1, 1930

Supported · 3

Notes8

Alfredo De Angelis — active 1930–19901930

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Teatro Colón — In the 1930s new tango shows were staged at the Colón, especially during Carnival; tangos that mention the theatre include "Noche de Colón" (1926) and1930

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Estadio Centenario, Montevideo — First FIFA World Cup final: Uruguay v Argentina: Argentina lose 4-2 to Uruguay in Montevideo.1930

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Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires — Coup of 6 September 1930: Uriburu overthrows Yrigoyen: the first military coup of the century.1930

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Buenos Aires — Depression of the 1930s in Argentina: The world crisis hits Argentine exports.1930

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Lita Morales — radio singer of the 1930s generation of acclaimed women voices1930

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Guardia Nueva — Haarlem: a Dutch newsreel of 1930 shows a tango demonstration by Cor Klinkert and Liesje Santen at the Rembrandt Theater in Haarlem: the French tango,Jan 7, 1930

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Teatro Ópera — Octavo Baile de los Aviadores en el Teatro ÓperaFeb 28, 1930

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Published26

Adios arrabal — 1930

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Madre hay una sola — 1930

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Nunca tuvo novio — 1930

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Padrino pelao — 1930

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Tarde gris — 1930

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Vieja recova — 1930

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A mí no me den consejos — 1930

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Portate bien que sos grande — 1930

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Tortazos — 1930

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Pordioseros — 1930

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La eterna milonga — 1930

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Música de calesita — 1930

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El recodo — 1930

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La otra noche — 1930

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Como abrazado a un rencor — 1930

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Sólo se quiere una vez — 1930

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Mi dolor — 1930

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Linyera — 1930

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Adiós, mi barrio — 1930

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Titiriteros — 1930

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Taconeando — 1930

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La que murió en París — 1930

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La viajera perdida — 1930

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Pajarito — 1930

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Baquiano pa'elegir — 1930

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Clavel del aire — 1930

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Played in2

Cayetano Puglisi — Played in Francisco Canaro.1930

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Luis Scalon — trío Spaventa-Scalon-Morales1930

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Born2

Osvaldo Peredo — Born.1930

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Alberto Aguirre — Born.Feb 19, 1930

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Singers2

Dos ojos negros (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Charlo.Mar 24, 1930

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Cuento criollo (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Charlo.Apr 2, 1930

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Listen

  1. Huerfanita1930
  2. En la cortadaLuis Díaz · no clip yet1930
  3. La pena de un metejonTípica Victor · Ernesto Famá1930
  4. EmbretadoTípica Victor1930
  5. Don Estebanno clip yet1930
  6. De madrugada1930
  7. Algo buenoCarlos Di Sarli1930
  8. CicatricesCarlos Di Sarli · Santiago Devincenzi1930
  9. Polillano clip yet1930
  10. Triste amanecerno clip yet1930
  11. Por qué se fuéno clip yet1930
  12. Mina otariaTípica Victor · Roberto Díaz1930

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