1. Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese was an Argentine tango musician.
16 Facts About Osvaldo Pugliese
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Osvaldo Pugliese developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of salon tango but heralded the development of concert-style tango music.
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In Buenos Aires, Pugliese is often played later in the evening when the dancers want to dance more slowly, impressionistically and intimately.
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Osvaldo Pugliese was married two times, to Maria Concepcion Florio and to Lydia Elman.
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Osvaldo Pugliese wrote his first tango, Recuerdo, in 1924, when he was 19.
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The most famous tango composition of Osvaldo Pugliese are: Recuerdo, Ausencia, El frenopatico, Primera categoria, El encopao, Recien, Adios Bardi, Una vez, Igual que una sombra, La yumba, Negracha, Malandraca, Milonga para Fidel, Para Eduardo Arolas.
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The idea of the red carnation on the piano was born: if Osvaldo Pugliese was in prison, the orchestra played the same, without a pianist.
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Osvaldo Pugliese was a member of the Communist Party starting in 1936.
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Osvaldo Pugliese managed to help create "Sociedad de Musicos y Artistas Afines" to increase job stability and wages for musicians.
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That night, Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra had to appear on Radio Splendid, and they appeared without their conductor, and with a red carnation on the piano as a protest.
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Osvaldo Pugliese spent years in jail due to his beliefs.
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In 1955 Osvaldo Pugliese was imprisoned in Devoto from January to July, and in that prison he was seen, with a mop and bucket, cleaning corridors, refusing to let other detainees take away that work.
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Don Osvaldo Pugliese was never an agitator, but a man with convictions who never confused art with ideology.
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The next noon there was a lunch in Olivos, and there Peron got up, went to Osvaldo Pugliese and extended his hand:.
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Osvaldo Pugliese died after a short illness on 25 July 1995 at 89 years old.
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Osvaldo Pugliese's remains are in Chacarita Cemetery in an imposing mausoleum, the work of Juan Carlos Ferraro, which was made thanks to the generous contribution of his fans.