COMPOSERS, MUSICIANS AND SINGERS SITES

With a bandoneon on their knees, their fingers on the piano or a hoarse voice humming a milonga, they had a mythic place in history of the city of Buenos Aires: they brought life to the low-class venues where dancing was a serious thing.

In the first half of the century, tango lovers of the old stream (composers, musicians, singers) were the brightest stars in Buenos Aires sky. Later others came, who renew a musical genre as old as the malevos (tough guys). Today, they all together share the spotlight in cyberspace, without generational problems.

In Internet, there are many sites that pay homage to the artists who granted identity to Buenos Aires.

But if the idea is to learn a lot about musicians and singers, the Todo Tango site is one of the most complete in the Web. There you will find a lot of material about nearly all the protagonists of this music and their careers, their artistic output and their stories are brought back to life. Furthermore, there are chronicles, photos, sheet music, lyrics and discographies. And it is possible to listen to complete songs, in Real Audio and MP3.

The section The artists is the one most fully covered. It is divided into: poets, singers, dancers and musicians. Here the beautiful page devoted to Aníbal Troilo is highlighted.

A few days ago we remembered the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pichuco's death, one of the most glorious bandoneonists. At Todo Tango he is remembered "slightly bent forward, with eyes closed, his double chin hanging". And with magic chords coming out from his bandoneon.

At the site his biography, his discography (including all the orchestras he joined) and even the original sheet music of some of his classic compositions are published. The genial composer of Sur, Garúa and La última curda is still alive on a corner of the cyberspace.

And although Buenos Aires changed for good, even though the Café de los Angelitos tumbled down and although the Chantecler and the Marabú are only a far distant memory, a bit of that "smell of tango" is still floating. It is only virtual, but it is in each site. And the list does not stop here. In the cyberspace there is also place for Juan de Dios Filiberto, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Homero Manzi, Mariano Mores, Polaco Goyeneche, Edmundo Rivero, Osvaldo Pugliese, Juan DArienzo, Julio Sosa, Susana Rinaldi, Amelita Baltar and the names go on.