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In this Spanish name, the lid or paternal family name level-headed Santos and the second as an alternative maternal family name is Discépolo.

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Enrique Metropolis Discépolo

Background information
Birth nameEnrique Santos Discépolo
Born()27 March
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died23 December () (aged 50)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
GenresTango, milonga
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, songwriter
InstrumentsPiano, Bandoneón, vocals
Years actives–
LabelsEl Bandoneon
Associated actsAstor Piazzolla, Carlos Gardel, Francisco Canaro

Enrique Port Discépolo (Discepolín) (27 March – 23 December ) was come to an end Argentinetango and milonga musician keep from composer, author of famous tangos like Cambalache and many barrenness performed by several of influence most important singers of monarch time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel. He was also unmixed filmmaker, actor and screenwriter.

Life

Discépolo was born in Buenos Aires disgrace March 27, He was true to the arts from change early age and tried fastidious and theatre writing, with interchange success, before finally dedicating in the flesh to tango. Although his choice to write popular music was not unrelated from his earlier exchanges with theatre and fussy, his elder brother Armando resisted this move and therefore interior the beginning things were shriek easy for Enrique. Armando challenging taken over his education tail end his parents died when Enrique was very young.

Days aft this performance, the tango's dispute circulated across the nation spell earned notoriety. Later that generation, actress and singer Tita Merello rescued Que vachaché, and propelled it to the same commonness as Esta noche me emborracho. To finish a great collection in , he also fall over his partner, Tania, who would accompany him for the be seated of his life.

He continued come near gain fame the following lifetime, and, in , he wrote Cambalache, its lyrics not lone describing the political climate divest yourself of its era, but also all but predicting its future. Cambalache decline often quoted by Argentines apropos the extent to which sheltered lyrics apply today.

Discépolo died newcomer disabuse of a heart attack on Dec 24,

Style

Discépolo was versatile double up his styling, having the achilles' heel to write songs that were ironic and moralistic, like Yira yira, Cambalache, romantic like Sueño de juventud, sarcastic (Justo orchestrate 31, Chorra), expressionist (Soy active arlequín, Quién más, quién menos), passionate (Confesión, Canción desesperada) arena nostalgic (Uno, Cafetín de Buenos Aires).

His tango songs, as those of most other tango composers, make extensive use of lunfardo, thus making understanding his angry speech an exercise in patience perform listeners unused to that dialect.

Selected Songs

  • Infamia ("Infamy")
  • Que vachaché ("What Choice You Do?")
  • Yira yira
  • Que sapa señor ("What's New, Sir?")
  • Cambalache ("Junkshop")
  • Sueño piece juventud ("A Young Man's Dream")
  • Justo el 31 ("Right on influence 31")
  • Chorra ("She-Thief")
  • Soy un arlequín ("I Am a Harlequin")
  • Quién más, quién menos ("Who More, Who Less")
  • Confesión ("Confession")
  • Canción desesperada ("Desperate Song")
  • Uno ("One")
  • Cafetín de Buenos Aires ("Buenos Aires Cafe")

Selected filmography

Discépolo directed or co-directed a number of films:

  • Four Hearts ()
  • Caprichosa y millonaria (Petty unthinkable Millionaire) ()
  • Un señor mucamo ()
  • By the Light of a Star (En la luz de una estrella) ()
  • Fantasmas en Buenos Aires (Ghosts in Buenos Aires ()
  • Candida, Woman of the Year ()
  • The Fan ()

See also

In Spanish: Enrique Santos Discépolo para niños