Octavio Barbero

Real name: Barbero, Octavio
Bandoneonist, bandleader and composer
(n/d - 1948)
Place of birth:
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ased in the province of Córdoba, there he composed his early tangos that were published as from 1904 by Luis Mandrés. His are the tangos: “Córdoba y San Martín”, “Chinchín”, “El rengo”, “La carreta [b]”, “La mascota [b]”, “Los viejos verdes” and “Pelele [b]” (with the same title as the one Pedro Maffia composed later). Furthermore, the popular waltz “Francia” and less known “Flirteuse”.

On June 20, 1906 the newspaper Los principios, de Córdoba, commented the publication of his tango “La carreta” in which it said: «The front cover of the music copy is more original than its title because on it a wagon is not depicted but a streetcar pulled by skinny horses». Its title alluded to the old trams pulled by horses.

He died in 1948.

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Vega, Buenos Aires 1980, "Desde los comienzos hasta 1920".
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