Alfredo De Angelis (2 November 1910,
Adrogué
Adrogué () is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative headquarters for Almirante Brown Partido (county).
At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residenti ...
— 31 March 1992) was an Argentinian musician, most notable as a composer, a pianist, and a director of a tango orchestra during the Grand Era of
Argentine tango
Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It typically has a or rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as AB ...
.
De Angelis was born in
Adrogué
Adrogué () is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, located 23 km south of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative headquarters for Almirante Brown Partido (county).
At slightly more than 30,000 inhabitants, it is a prominent residenti ...
south of Buenos Aires. He started his musical career by accompanying the singer
Juan Giliberti, and then joined the orchestra of
Anselmo Aieta
Anselmo Alfredo Aieta (November 5, 1896 – September 25, 1964) was an Argentine bandoneon musician, composer and occasional actor.
Alfredo De Angelis
Alfredo De Angelis (2 November 1910, Adrogué — 31 March 1992) was an Argentinian musi ...
as a pianist. He continued changing affiliations until 1940, until he started to create his own orchestra in 1940. The orchestra gave the first concert in café Marzotto in Buenos Aires on March 20, 1941, quickly achieved popularity, and was invited for records. De Angelis is noted for choosing good singers. The first singer in De Angelis's orchestra was
Floreal Ruiz
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, and others included
Carlos Dante,
Julio Martel,
Oscar Larroca,
Roberto Florio, and
Roberto Mancini
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.
De Angelis orchestra usually noted for its simple, more popular style,
and concentrated on tango dancing.
De Angelis stayed through his entire career (between 1943 and 1977) with the
Odeon Records
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label and recorded in total 486 minutes.
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Argentine tango musicians
Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery
1910 births
1992 deaths