Tanda Biagi ~ Vals/Waltz . Tango lyrics translated. Plus a short tutorial!

Tanda of the Week 36: Rodolfo Biagi - Vals ++Timeslots++ Start 00:00 Tutorial 00:35 El último adiós 04:35 Déjame amarte aunque sea un día 06:30 Dichas que viví 09:12 Viejo portón 11:20 The tanda of this week is by pianist, composer, and conductor Rodolfo Biagi, nicknamed ‘Manos Brujas’, born in San Telmo, Buenos Aires in 1906. Biagi was already an acclaimed pianist when he joined the orchestra of Juan d’Arienzo. But together with d’Arienzo he really rose to fame. He started recording with his own orchestra in 1938. The first singer in this waltz tanda is Andrés Falgás. Falgás was born in Buenos Aires in 1916, he had his break-through at Radio Splendid in 1933. He worked with Juan Canaro before he joined Biagi in 1939, replacing Teófilo Ibañez. Biagi and Falgás recorded 8 tangos and 3 waltzes together. And the waltzes are all included in this tanda. The first waltz is ‘El último adiós’, recorded in 1940. Music written by Juan Santini, and lyrics by Nicolás Trimani. It’s a nice, mid-tempo waltz. And because of the tempo, it’s a good waltz to start the tanda with, in spite of the title… Next is ‘Déjame amarte aunque sea un día’, (Let me love you, even for one day) from 1939. Music written by Ernestina Lecuona, and lyrics by Venancio Clauso. We can hear some typical Biagi piano fillers at the end of the musical phrase, and we have some joyous violins, just before Falgás enters the stage, singing he’s so happy, because he’s in love. And Biagi plays a piano solo as well, towards the end of the song, but first he gives the spotlights to the bandoneons. So… a bit to enjoy for everyone. Speeding up just a notch, perhaps the most popular waltz by Biagi and Falgás is ‘Dichas que viví’. The third waltz of the tanda, written by José and Luis Lupi.Here Biagi’s piano fillers have a more prominent role, like he’s having a conversation with the orchestra. And there’s a violin solo by Marcos Larrosa. A happy waltz, although the lyrics are less joyfull: “The joys of my yesterday are dead and gone...” And that’s 3 waltzes, enough for a traditional waltz tanda. But some people like tandas of 4, and so do I, so let’s add one more… One option is to add an instrumental trackz, like the famous ‘Lágrimas y sonrisas’ – which we also included in our waltz top 5 video. But this time I chose a waltz with Teófilo Ibañez, that matches the melody of ‘Dichas que viví’ quite nicely: ‘Viejo portón’. ‘Viejo portón’ was the first waltz that Biagi and Ibañez recorded together in 1938. Music by Héctor Palacios and lyrics by Máximo Orsi. Ibáñez was an estribillo singer who had recorded with some of the big orchestras of the late 1920s and early ‘30s, like Roberto Firpo, Julio de Caro, Edgardo Donato, OTV, and Osvaldo Fresedo. Biagi was the last orchestra he recorded with. And that’s the waltz tanda of this week: 1. El último adiós 2. Déjame amarte aunque sea un día 3. Dichas que viví - all of them with Andrés Falgás, and 4. Viejo portón - with Teófilo Ibañez Thanks: www.tangoarchive.com , www.todotango.com , www.tangosalbardo.blogspot.com, FB Tango Time Machine:   / 872692392814674   Please note: We do not own the music in this video. Songs are included for educational purposes only. All songs have been edited/cut to prevent downloading of the complete songs. You can buy them from various providers (like TangoTunes or iTunes) or stream them on Spotify. #tangomusic #tandaoftheweek #tangomusictutorials #tanda #tangomuziek #biagi