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Eladia Blázquez
Eladia Blázquez (February 24, 1931 – August 31, 2005) was an Argentine tango singer and composer. Born in Gerli, Buenos Aires Province, ''El corazón al sur'' is considered her most popular tango. Biography Born to a poor family of Spanish immigrants (mother from Granada, Andalucia, and father from Salamanca) to Argentina, Eladia was born in Gerli, (Buenos Aires). In 1970, she recorded her first tango record and fought against the macho spirit that dominated tango. In addition to being a singer, composer and lyricist, Blasquez was also a pianist and guitar player. She wrote two books : ''Mi ciudad y mi gente'' and ''Buenos Aires cotidiana'', and also various works for the Argentine folkloric musicians Ramona Galarza and Los Fronterizos Los Fronterizos is an Argentine musical band consisting of four men. The group was established in 1953 in the northern province of Salta -- bordering on Bolivia -- from which "Los Fronterizos" ("men of the frontier") is derived. Los Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerli
Gerli is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It lies in the partidos of Avellaneda and Lanús and forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban agglomeration. History *30 March 1909: The settlement was officially established on territory owned by Antonio Gerli. *1944: Gerli was divided by the creation of the Lanús Partido. *11 November 2005: Gerli was officially declared a municipality by the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province. Population Gerli had a population of 64,640 inhabitants , 31,090 in Avellaneda and 33,250 in Lanús. Sport The town is home to Club El Porvenir a football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... club who play in the lower leagues of Argentine football. Neighbourhoods * Barrio 15 de Noviembre (1969) * Barrio Agüero (1958) * Barrio L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Women Writers
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1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Avellaneda
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Burials At La Chacarita Cemetery
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Argentine People Of Spanish Descent
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish ( masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Argentine''. Argentina is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tango Singers
This is a list of notable tango singers, that is, notable singers who are accomplished in the tango genre. Many tango musicians have been both musicians and singers, but this does not exclude from this list. While the vast majority of earlier tango singers were Argentines, this list illustrates the diversification of tango over time, with the growth in female stars such as Susana Rinaldi and the spread of tango around the world, as far as Russia (Pyotr Leshchenko), Poland (Jerzy Petersburski), and Turkey ( İbrahim Özgür). A *Jorge Abril Chile. * Alberto Acuña (1896–1975) from Buenos Aires, formed a famous duo with René Ruiz and was also a guitar player and composer. *Carlos Acuña (1915–1999) known for his deep, high and expressive voice. His foreign travels brought him success in Uruguay, Mexico, Italy and Spain, where he became a close friend of the exiled Juan Perón. *Eduardo Adrián (1923–1989) from Mar del Plata, also a writer, lecturer and theater direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of the province and the province's capital until it was federalized in 1880. Since then, in spite of bearing the same name, the province does not include Buenos Aires proper, though it does include all other parts of the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The capital of the province is the city of La Plata, founded in 1882. It is bordered by the provinces of Entre RÃos to the northeast, Santa Fe to the north, Córdoba to the northwest, La Pampa to the west, RÃo Negro to the south and west and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to the northeast. Uruguay is just across the Rio de la Plata to the northeast, and both are on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Almost the entire province is part of the Pampas geographical regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premio Konex
Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex Awards, are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities. History and purpose Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The purpose of the Foundation is to promote, stimulate, support and participate in any possible manner in cultural, educational, intellectual, artistic, social, philanthropic, scientific or sports initiatives, works and enterprises, in their most relevant aspects. To achieve its goals, the Foundation instituted the Konex Awards to be granted to personalities and institutions standing out for his, her or its achievements in any of the aforementioned fields. The Konex Awards were instituted in 1980 to be annually granted to sow for the future so that the most distinguished contemporary personalities and institutions in every field, which compose the cultural spectrum of the nation, will be an example to the nation's youths. Every year the Konex Fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Fronterizos
Los Fronterizos is an Argentine musical band consisting of four men. The group was established in 1953 in the northern province of Salta -- bordering on Bolivia -- from which "Los Fronterizos" ("men of the frontier") is derived. Los Fronterizos are among the most famous Argentine musical bands. They recorded over thirty records during the fifty years in which they were active. Their genre is ''Folklore Argentino'' (" Argentine Folk") which blends powerful, vibrant rhythms from the Spanish Flamenco with indigenous South American elements such as the Andean flute, or ''quena''. The latter is a hallmark of the '' Musica Andina'' genre which became well known in the U.S with Simon & Garfunkel's English version of "El Condor Pasa". Some of the Fronterizos' most famous records are ''Personalidad en Folklore'' (circa 1962), ''Color en Folklore'', and Ariel RamÃrez's ''Misa Criolla'' (1964 and 1977). In most songs, the band's instrumentation includes acoustic guitars and bombo legüero ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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