Osvaldo pugliese biography definition

Born in December, 1905, Osvaldo Pugliese was with the great tango musicians as a teenager and as a pianist jobbed in and out of orquestas for a dozen years. He played in the Roberto Firpo orquesta; he co-lead his first group with the soon-to-be all-time first studio star of the violin, Elvino Vardaro (Orquesta Tipica Victor, Di Sarli, etc. right through to Sexteto Piazzolla). There they are on the left, serious teenagers off to make their way.

At around 15 Osvaldo composed what was to become an evergreen, "Recuerdo." In 1926 a watershed moment came when the great Julio De Caro Orquesta released Recuerdo on record. How inspiring that must have been for the earnest 21 year old.

One hears the deep influence of Julio all through Osvaldo's work. He recorded many songs of that orquesta, keeping the arrangements nearly note-for-note. Julio De Caro's amazing orquesta and style was the road map Osvaldo chose to follow.

Osvaldo and Alfredo Gobbi worked together and one of their

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Below follows a personal retrospective of Carel Kraayenhof, artistic director, bandoneón player and founder of the Kraayenhof Tango Ensemble and the Sexteto Canyengue.

The article was written on the death of Osvaldo Pugliese, Grand Master of the tango.

IN MEMORIAM: OSVALDO PUGLIESE

(1905-1995).

Amsterdam, 15 August 1995.

In his hometown of Buenos Aires died on Tuesday 25 July, the widely beloved Maestro Pugliese, the 89-year-old pianist, composer and orchestra leader, who during his lifetime already became a tango myth. After he was admitted to the hospital because of severe stomach complaints, he developed such heart problems that it became necessary for him to get a by-pass. Don Osvaldo fell into coma and died five days later. His wife Lydia was with him.

With Osvaldo Pugliese tango loses one of its major innovators; energetic and creative as he was, he left an extensive oeuvre and many of the  records in his name are  hard to track down. Looking back on hi

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Osvaldo Pugliese

Argentine tango composer, pianist and arranger

For other people named Pugliese, see Pugliese (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (December 2, 1905 – July 25, 1995)^[1] was an 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. Some of his music, mostly since the 1950s, is used for theatrical dance performances. In Buenos Aires, Pugliese is often played later in the evening when the dancers want to dance more slowly, impressionistically and intimately.

Personal life

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His father, Don Adolfo Pugliese (1877–1945), pushed him to work harder; his mother, Aurelia Terragno (1880–1947), often whispered to her son while he was practicing, ¡Al Colón! (To the Colón!), referring to Buenos Aires' famous Teatro Colón, where only the country's finest artists play. His other brothers Adolfo Vicen