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Description: Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (1905-1995) was a beloved Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of salon tango but also heralded the development of concert-style tango music. So says Wikipedia... it makes him sound a bit dull. If you know Pugliese, you know he's anything but. His music is fit for a Hollywood action movie; and that's how people often dance to it. Choose your partner wisely for the Pugliese tanda, or you'll end up bruised. People get a little wild. According to one website, his fans followed him like sports fans follow their favorite teams: men would dress like him (with the coke-bottle glasses), women fans would wear Shanghai-style dresses. Why? I have ...
Description: Roberto Firpo (1884-1969) was an Argentine tango pianist, composer, and leader. Firpo was among the first innovators of the classic tango music genre. He was the creator of the standard tango sextet, and the establisher of the piano in the tango orchestra. Since this prints in white, choose a dark t-shirt if you want to see it!
Description: Francisco Canaro (1888-1964) was an Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader. His parents, Italians emigrated to Uruguay, and later – when Francisco Canaro was less than 10 years old, they emigrated to Buenos Aires in the late nineteenth century. This is for printing on dark t-shirts!
Description: D'Agostino (1900-1991) was a Buenos Aires character, and tango was not his only world. A skilled gambler and stubborn bachelor, he played poker at the Club del Progreso (a club where high society people used to go) and he had a close friendship with Enrique Cadícamo. About this relationship there is a curious story that portrays him completely. Cadícamo and D'Agostino had promised each other to never marry; they were playboys and bohemians and did not even think of being tied to a permanent link. But Cadícamo, after his fifty years of age, broke his word and married a twenty-year old girl. Since then D'Agostino never again talked to him.
Description: D'Agostino (1900-1991) was a Buenos Aires character, and tango was not his only world. A skilled gambler and stubborn bachelor, he played poker at the Club del Progreso (a club where high society people used to go) and he had a close friendship with Enrique Cadícamo. About this relationship there is a curious story that portrays him completely. Cadícamo and D'Agostino had promised each other to never marry; they were playboys and bohemians and did not even think of being tied to a permanent link. But Cadícamo, after his fifty years of age, broke his word and married a twenty-year old girl. Since then D'Agostino never again talked to him.
