Enrique santos discepolo biography of alberta

In this Spanish call, the first or paternal surname is Santos and the second or maternal family name is Discépolo.

Musical artist

Enrique Santos Discépolo (Discepolín) (27 March – 23 December ) was an Argentinetango and milonga musician and composer, writer of famous tangos like Cambalache and many others performed by several of the most vital singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel.

He was also a filmmaker, thespian and screenwriter.

Life

Discépolo was born in Buenos Aires on Parade 27, He was devoted to the arts from an adv age and tried acting and theatre writing, with moderate accomplishment, before finally dedicating himself to tango.

Although his decision to write popular music was not unrelated from his previous exchanges with theatre and acting, his elder brother Armando resisted this move and therefore in the beginning things were not effortless for Enrique.

See also Tangoxml. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, Romances de tango. Buenos Aires: Grupo Editorial Norma,

Armando had taken over his education after his parents died when Enrique was very young.

He wrote a few songs including the well-known Que vachaché ("What Will You Do?") with little success until , when singer Azucena Maizani performed his number Esta noche me emborracho ("I'm Getting Drunk Tonight").

Days after this act, the tango's lyrics circulated across the nation and earned notoriety. Later that year, actress and singer Tita Merello rescued Que vachaché, and propelled it to the same popularity as Esta noche me emborracho.

To complete a great year in , he also met his companion, Tania, who would accompany him for the rest of his life.

He continued to obtain fame the following years, and, in , he wrote Cambalache, its lyrics not only portraying the political climate of its era, but also nearly predicting its future.

A disheveled appointment? Maybe a feature of an intellectual's exotismo in oxygen find outside of the environment of the European culture? And he decided to include it in a book that anything had to do with the tango. Carlitos Chaplin.

Cambalache is often quoted by Argentines regarding the extent to which its lyrics apply today.

Discépolo died from a heart attack on December 24,

Style

Discépolo was versatile in his styling, having the ability to write songs that were ironic and moralistic, like Yira yira, Cambalache, romantic like Sueño de juventud, sarcastic (Justo el 31, Chorra), expressionist (Soy un arlequín, Quién más, quién menos), passionate (Confesión, Canción desesperada) and nostalgic (Uno, Cafetín de Buenos Aires).

His tango songs, as those of most other tango composers, make extensive use of lunfardo, thus making understanding his lyrics an exercise in patience for listeners unused to that dialect.

Selected Songs

Selected filmography

Discépolo directed or co-directed a number of films:^[1]

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