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Kicho Díaz
Enrique ''Kicho'' Díaz (Buenos Aires, 21 January 1918 – 5 October 1992) was an Argentina, Argentine double bass tango musician who played in various ensembles including Aníbal Troilo’s orquesta típica, Astor Piazzolla’s Quinteto (Piazzolla), first Quinteto and Conjunto 9 and finally Sexteto Mayor. Biography Díaz, widely known by his nickname "Kicho", was born in the city of Avellaneda in the Province of Buenos Aires, and had two older brothers, David, who became a tango violinist and José (aka Pepe) who became a tango double bass player. He began his musical career in 1935 when he joined a tango ensemble as double bass player with the pianist José Pascual and Anselmo Aiete. In 1939, he joined the orquesta típica of Aníbal Troilo, which included Orlando Goñi (piano), Roberto Gianitelli, Juan Miguel Toto Rodríguez (bandoneon) and the singer Francisco Fiorentino. Díaz would stay with Troilo until 1959. He joined Ástor Piazzolla’s first Quinteto in 1960 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avellaneda
Avellaneda (, ) is a port city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 342,677 as per the . Avellaneda is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and is connected to neighboring Buenos Aires by several bridges over the Riachuelo River. Overview Located on land granted to Adelantado Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón by Captain Juan de Garay in 1620, a port settlement known as ''Puerto del Riachuelo'' first emerged here in 1731. Established as ''Barracas al Sur'' on April 7, 1852, by Quilmes Partido, Quilmes Justice of the Peace Martín José de la Serna, the town grew to become a major rail center during the late 19th century. It was renamed on January 11, 1904, after former President Nicolás Avellaneda. It was declared a city on October 23, 1895, and its population has been stable since around 1960. Avellaneda is one of the foremost wholesale and indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Goñi
Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (Frankish warrior) (died 778), the military leader best known as Roland who inspired the Italian medieval icon "Orlando" Fictional characters * Orlando (character), the central character in a sequence of Italian verse romances from Dante, Ariosto and others * Orlando (''As You Like It''), a character in William Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' * Orlando, the title character of '' Orlando: A Biography'', a novel by Virginia Woolf, and its film and stage adaptations * Orlando (fictional cat), central figure in Katherine Hale's ''The Marmalade Cat'' 1938–1972 series of children's books * Orlando, a character from the comic book ''The Invisibles'' * Orlando, a character from a comic book series ''The League of Extraordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Deaths
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1918 Births
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people worldwide. In Russia, this year runs with only 352 days. As the result of Julian to Gregorian calendar switch, 13 days needed to be skipped. Wednesday, January 31 ''(Julian Calendar)'' was immediately followed by Thursday, February 14 ''(Gregorian Calendar)''. Events World War I will be abbreviated as "WWI" January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" ( influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Soviet Russia, Sweden, Germany and France. * January 8 – American president Woodrow Wilson presents the Fourteen Points as a basis for peace negotiations to end the war. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui Native Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Mores
Mariano Alberto Martínez (18 February 1918 13 April 2016), known professionally as Mariano Mores, was an Argentine tango composer and pianist. Biography Mariano Martínez was born in the San Telmo section of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1918. When he was a child, he played classical music on the piano very well. He made his professional debut at the age of 14 at Café Vicente on Corrientes Avenue. Mores took classical music lessons at the D´Andrea conservatoire in Lanús. After a brief spell with the folk group "La Cuyanita," he was hired as conductor and pianist with Roberto Firpo's orchestra. He created the Trio Mores with the sisters Margot and Myrna Mores and began composing music. He will later marry Myrna and adopt her artistic surname as his own. In 1938 he wrote the soundtrack of the film ''Senderos de Santa Fe'' and met showbiz figures such as composer Valdo Sciammarella and playwright Alberto Vaccarezza, who helped him become lead pianist with Francisco Canaro's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Laurenz
Pedro Laurenz (born Pedro Blanco Acosta) was a bandoneon player, Music director, director and composer of Argentina, Argentine Tango (music), tango music. He was born on October 10, 1902, and died on July 7, 1972. Pedro was born into a musical family in the La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires and later moving to Uruguay, where he was attracted to the bandoneón. He made his début in Buenos Aires at the age of twenty, playing with Julio De Caro's orchestra, in duet with Pedro Mafia known as ''Los dos Pedritos''. He formed his own orchestra in 1934 at the bar ''Los treinta y seis billares''. He was the creator of the classic tango songs ''Mala junta'', ''Risa loca'', ''Milonga de mis amores'', ''Mal de amores'' and ''Berretín''. See also History of Tango External linksTodo Tango Biography 1902 births 1972 deaths Argentine musicians Argentine bandoneonists Musicians from Buenos Aires Argentine tango musicians {{Argentina-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Mario Francini
Enrique Mario Francini (14 January 1916 in San Fernando – 27 August 1978 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango orchestra director, composer and violinist who played in various tango ensembles including the Orquesta Francini-Pontier and Ástor Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires. Early years Born in the city of San Fernando in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina and 20 km north the city of Buenos Aires, Francini spent his childhood and adolescence in the city of Campana on the Paraná River. Here he studied the violin with the German violinist Juan Ehlert and in 1933, when Carlos Gardel gave a concert in Campana, Francini and his friend Héctor Stamponi, the same age as him, presented Gardel with a tango which the friends, had composed together. Musical career Francini started his musical career when he joined the orchestra of Ehlert, which included Héctor Stamponi and Armando Pontier, and performed on a well-known afternoon programme on Radio Prieto. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo De Lío
Ubaldo is a masculine Italian and Spanish given name, from Germanic ''hug'' "mind" and ''bald'' "bold". Notable people with the name include: *Ubald of Gubbio (Ubaldo Baldassini) (c. 1084 – 1160), Italian bishop and Catholic saint * Guido Ubaldo Abbatini (1600–1656), Italian painter of the Baroque period * Ubaldo Aquino (born 1958), football (soccer) referee from Paraguay * Ubaldo Bellugi (1899–1992), Italian poet, writer and playwright and Podestà of Massa *Ubaldo Caccianemici (died 1171), Italian cardinal and cardinal-nephew of Pope Lucius II *Ubaldo Fillol (born 1950), Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper *Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781), Italian painter of the late-Baroque period * Ubaldo Giraldi (1692–1775), Italian canonist * Ubaldo Heredia (born 1956), former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher * Ubaldo I Visconti (died 1230), the de jure overlord of the Giudicato of Cagliari from 1217 *Ubaldo Jiménez (born 1984), Major League Baseball startin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio Salgán
Horacio Adolfo Salgán (June 15, 1916 – August 19, 2016) was an Argentine tango musician. He was born in Buenos Aires to an established Afro-Argentine family. Some of Salgán's most well-known compositions include ''Del 1 al 5 (Días de pago)'' (1944), ''A Don Agustín Bardi'' (1947), ''Entre tango y tango'' (1953), ''Grillito'', ''La llamo silbando'', ''Cortada de San Ignacio'', ''A fuego lento'', and ''Aquellos tangos camperos''. He turned 100 in June 2016 and died two months later on August 19, 2016. Salgán began studying piano at age six. At age 18 he joined the cast of Radio Belgrano as a soloist and back-up musician. At 20 he was discovered by orchestra leader Roberto Firpo, who hired Salgán for his orchestra. In late 1942 he made his first recording, and in 1944 put together his own orchestra, which lasted until 1947. Salgán then devoted himself to composing and teaching and in 1950 returned with a new orchestra. 1960 saw the formation of the Quinteto Real, with Salgá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María De Buenos Aires
''María de Buenos Aires'' is a tango opera (''tango operita'') with music by Ástor PiazzollaSCP 2005. and libretto by Horacio Ferrer that premiered at the Sala Planeta in Buenos Aires on 8 May 1968. The first part of the surreal plot centers on the experiences of a prostitute in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the second part takes place after her death. The characters include María (and, after her death, the Shadow of María), a singer of payadas; various members of the Buenos Aires underworld; a payador who functions as a poet and narrator; a goblin-like duende; several marionettes under the control of the duende; a circus of psychoanalysts; pasta makers; and construction workers. Many elements of the libretto suggest parallels between María and Mary, the mother of Jesus (in Spanish, ''María'') or Jesus himself. While certainly not in the narrow sense an opera ballet, because the dance is tango rather than classical ballet, it falls within the tradition of having set dance p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Quinteto
First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared and Sub-millimetre Telescope, of the Herschel Space Observatory * For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, an international youth organization * Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a global forum Arts and entertainment Albums * ''1st'' (album), by Streets, 1983 * ''1ST'' (SixTones album), 2021 * ''First'' (David Gates album), 1973 * ''First'', by Denise Ho, 2001 * ''First'' (O'Bryan album), 2007 * ''First'' (Raymond Lam album), 2011 Extended plays * ''1st'', by The Rasmus, 1995 * ''First'' (Baroness EP), 2004 * ''First'' (Ferlyn G EP), 2015 Songs * "First" (Lindsay Lohan song), 2005 * "First" (Cold War Kids song), 2014 * "First", by Lauren Daigle from the album '' How Can It Be'', 2015 * "First", by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Fiorentino
Francisco Fiorentino (23 September 1905 – 11 September 1955) was an Argentine tango singer. Life Francisco Fiorentino began his career as a bandoneonist but later went on to perform as a ''estribillista'' for various orchestras. The ''estribillista'' was the orchestra singer who, in the 1920s and 1930s, would sing only a fragment of the lyrics—specifically the chorus—without having much prominence. In that role, he sang for the orchestras of Juan Carlos Cobián, Francisco Canaro, Juan D’Arienzo, Pedro Maffia, and Roberto Zerrillo. In 1937 Fiorentino joined Aníbal Troilo’s orchestra. His collaboration with Troilo marked a significant advancement in his career, as he became the orchestra’s leading vocalist and gained wider recognition. Initially performing as an ''estribillista'', Fiorentino gradually took on a larger vocal role, singing substantial portions of the lyrics rather than just the chorus. His voice, characterized by a distinctive tango style, ''porteño'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
