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Tango Masters: Carlos Di Sarli Michael Lavocah * milonga press Michael Lavocah has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 to be identified as the author of this work This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. All rights reserved First edition 2018 1 2 34 5 67 8 90 milonga press England www.milongapress.com Paperback: ISBN 978-1-9997551-1-9 Cover design: Nigel Orme Cover photo: Sivul Wilenski Tango Masters: Carlos Di Sarli Michael Lavocah has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 to be identified as the author of this work This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. All rights reserved First edition 2018 1 2 34 5 6 78 90 milonga press England www.milongapress.com Paperback: ISBN 978-1-9997551-1-9 Cover design: Nigel Orme Cover photo: Sivul Wilenski That orchestra had something that made it different from the others. It had something that it is now hard to find which I call “sacredfire”. Felix Verdi - (bandoneon with the orchestra) Zurda Milonguera A generation of tango dancers took their first steps to the music of Carlos Di Sarli, liking the simplicity of its clear walking beat. As time went by, liking deepened into loving. We became captivated by the music’s elegance, the richness of its sound. Mysteriously, it’s a music which satisfies both beginners and masters alike. With this music, one gets the feeling that tango can be something other than a love story in three minutes: it transmits a sense of the eternal. A sentimental man, Carlos Di Sarli gave the melody to the violins, but without sacrificing the rhythm. The miracle of the orchestra is the piano of Don Carlos himself. Instantly recognisable by the campanitas or “little bells” - the delicate high notes played by Di Sarli’s right hand - at first the piano appears to be just decorative. As it turns out, we are listening to the wrong thing: Di Sarli was famous for the power of his left hand, the one that plays the bass notes. Listen for it, and it starts to emerge from beneath the smooth surface created by the violins. It’s everywhere in the music. Jazzy touches add colour and interest, at the same time as it helps to power the orchestra’s walking beat. Di Sarli never lost sight of the dancers, for which musicians as diverse as Troilo and Piazzolla called his orchestra the most milonguero of all. Di Sarli was once called la poeta de la zurda, the poet of the left, a clever lunfardo wordplay: zurda is the left-hand, but also a reference to the heart. Listen deeply to his music, and what impresses more and more - the secret hidden in the heart of this elegant music - is this zurda milonguera. Contents Prologue: A difficult fate 1. A difficult fate 2. Bahia Blanca Part 1: The Sextet (1928 -1935) 3. Buenos Aires 4. Ernesto Fama (1930) 5. Crisis (1931) 6. In the wilderness Part 2: The Orchestra (1938 - 1959) 7. Roberto Rufino 8. Corazon (1939) 9. The orchestra of the year (1944) 10. Charlemos (1941) 11. Alberto Podesta (1942) 12. Polyrhythm (1943) 13. Earthquake (1944) 14. Jorge Duran (1945) 15. End of an era (1947-9) 16. Que mufa ehe - what bad luck 17. The Children’s Angel (1949) 18. Early retirement? (1949) 19. The comeback kid (1951) 20. El Senor del Tango (1953) 21. The submerged cathedral (1954) 22. Los Senores del Tango (The Lords of Tango) (1956) 23. Last recordings (1958) 24. He took his secret to the grave (1960) 25. Di Sarli in ten tangos Part 3: The man & the myth 26. Early years 27. Di Sarli on tango Appendices A. Di Sarli on disc B. Discography C. Orchestra formations D. Carnival appearances Bibliography Glossary Terminology & Structure Index of titles Acknowledgements
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