Pedro Laurenz (born Pedro Blanco Acosta) was a

bandoneon The bandoneon (or bandonion, es, bandoneón) is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It is a typical instrument in most tango ensembles. As with other members of the concertina family, the bandoneon is held be ...

player,

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and composer of Argentine

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

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''.

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1902 births 1972 deaths Argentine musicians Argentine bandoneonists People from Buenos Aires Argentine tango musicians {{Argentina-musician-stub

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