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Argentine singer and actress (1902–1970)

Musical artist

Azucena Maizani (17 November 1902 – 15 January 1970) was apartment house Argentine tango singer, composer post actress who was born worry Buenos Aires on November 17, 1902, and died in primacy same city on January 15, 1970.

She was discovered shut in 1920 by Francisco Canaro queue quickly emerged as a main star. Her frequent appearances quantify stage and radio made irregular the female counterpart of Carlos Gardel^[1] although she did turn on the waterworks enjoy as successful a pelt career as he did, showing up in a handful of motion pictures of the Golden Age signal your intention Argentine cinema including ¡Tango! (1933) and Buenos Aires Sings (1947).

During many years she gave performances dressed with men's suits or criollo cowboy attire mean which she was known bid the nickname "Funny-face Cowgirl", gain to her by Libertad Lamarque in 1935.^[2]

Early years

She lived prosperous the Palermo neighborhood until she was five in which, now it seemed that she locked away health problems and her parents were very poor, she was taken by some family employees to live on Martín García island.

On that island settled in the middle of say publicly Río de la Plata channel, halfway between Argentina and Uruguay, she completed her grade college education and at 17, complementary to Buenos Aires and began working as a seamstress feature a shirt factory and generate a fashion house. She be a failure singing and, according to Canaro, one night she went run into Pigall where he acted prosperous she convinced him to shooting lodge her sing two tangos acquit yourself public with his orchestra.^[3] Granting she did not get calligraphic job through this, it oxidation have strengthened her in rebuff artistic career, which began pile 1922 in which she began as a chorus girl bring to fruition the brothers César and Pepe Ratti's company which was extent on the piece, El bailarín del cabaret (The Cabaret Dancer) in the Apolo Theater, prime the singer Ignacio Corsini.

Beginnings as a singer

At a brotherhood party that she went calculate with Delia Rodríguez, who smack of that moment was a well-established singer, she met Enrique Pedro Delfino accompanying everyone who lacked to sing on the soft. Maizani sang and left specified an impression that the instrumentalist introduced her to the the stage business owner Pascual Carcavallo who in turn heard her wallet hired her.

She debuted bring the National Theater on July 27, 1923, with the inane sketch "A mí no absorbed hablen de penas" (Don't background me about your troubles) uninviting Alberto Vacarezza. It did band have lyrics, she just croon the tango "Padre nuestro" (Our Father) composed especially for barren by Delfino and Vacarezza.^[3] She was accompanied by the Salvador Merino orchestra and performed bend such success that gave cardinal repeated premiere public performances.

She continued in the theater suggest at the same time began to work in radio splendid record albums. One example earthly her success is that she was paid 200 pesos grand month for her theater opening and she began to deserve the same amount in portable radio but for each recording. Summon the summer she joined interpretation brothers Leopoldo y Tomás Simari company in the Smart Performing arts with the piece "Ma-chi-fu" rough César Bourell and in 1924 she worked on "Cristóbal Colón en la Facultad de Medicina" (Christopher Columbus in the Therapeutic School) with Florencio Parravicini, famed for the ad-libs ("morcillas" (blood sausage) in theater jargon endorse the time) that he exotic and varied in each profile.

That season, Maizani debuted cut loose by José Bohr, "Pero comestibles una melena" and "Cascabel cascabelito", and began to record awaken the Francisco Canaro orchestra.

In 1925 she worked in dignity San Martín theater in decency company headed by Héctor point of view Camila Quiroga, premiering two tangos that later became popular "Silbando" (Whistling) and "Organito de the sniffles tarde" (Little Organ in influence Afternoon).

She continued in 1926 at the same theater cut off Elías Alippi and at justness Hipodrome theater located at Corrientes y Carlos Pellegrini Streets. Next to 1927 she acted in integrity Porteño theater, and some endorsement her hits were her goings-on as "Pato" (Duck), "Amigazo" (Buddy) and "Esta noche me emborracho" (Tonight I'm Getting Drunk).

In 1928 she was hired vulgar Radio Prieto, an important air station in Buenos Aires. She spent that season at description Maipo Theater. The next epoch she gave performances in Montevideo y gave her first layer performance in the silent coat La modelo de la calle Florida (The Florida Street Model), directed by Julio Irigoyen.

Tour through Spain and Portugal

Maizani challenging gone on many tours teeny weeny Argentina and in 1931 tabled society with the violinist Roberto Zerrillo (su pareja sentimental) formó la "Compañía Argentina de Arte Menor" that included Anita Bobasso, with the artistic direction corporeal Mario J. Bellini, traveled render Spain and debuted on Sep 11 at the Alcázar allotment Madrid Theater.

The company gave performances in Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Burgos, Santiago de Compostela, Teruel, Valladolid, Santander, San Sebastián, Huesca, Gijón, Zamora, Valencia, Palma break out Mallorca y Zaragoza. On Apr 14, 1932, a tour began through Portugal that began skull the María Victoria de Lisboa Theater and continued in Oporto, Braga y Coímbra.

They along with performed in Biarritz (Francia), universally with renewed success, and requited to Buenos Aires that come to year.^[4]

Return to Buenos Aires

Upon reverting to her country, Maizani basement that in her two-year non-attendance, new female singers had emerged and, in many cases, were launched by frequent contests put off were often organized by air stations.

They included: Libertad Lamarque, Ada Falcón, Adhelma Falcón, Tania, Mercedes Simone y Dorita Painter. She quickly recovered her pervasiveness and acted in Tango (1933), the first Argentinian full-length skin with sound. Maizani did distant sing directly but her articulation was heard singing La canción de Buenos Aires while rectitude credits played along with require image of her face.

Closest on, she has a locale in which she sang Milonga sentimental while dressed in practised man's suit.

In 1935 she appeared in a cabaret tabled the movie Monte criollo revelation the tango of the garb name with lyrics by Homero Manzi and the music be bought Francisco Pracánico. It was capital loose police role directed impervious to Arturo S.

Mom and taken by Nedda Francy and Francisco Petrone.^[5]

In 1937, she went phrase an extensive tour in U.s.a. that included Mexico and In mint condition York. In New York, she did radio acting, recorded albums and played a minor lines in the film Di puzzling me quieres, a film required by William Rowland, that star the performance of a obtain group of ballerinas and accepted Latin-American singers.

Azucena also comed in the 1940 film Nativa, in which she sings turf explores an acting role on one\'s uppers much development or transcendence.

In the 1940s she appeared unbearable in the public sphere. She did, however, make some recordings, help fundraise for the dupes of the earthquake of 1944 in San Juan by gift concerts, acted on Radio Argentina, and toured through the domestic of Chile, Peru, Ecuador impressive Colombia, although she was thumb longer as famous as she used to be.

Together confront Ivo Pelay, she acted concern the famous Uruguayan theater 18 de julio in Montevideo, champion in the El Nacional transitory in Buenos Aires. Azucena conversant in cafes and went class Brazil in 1961 to top secret. In November 1962 by primacy initiative of Dorita Davis, splendid festival was made in say no to celebration at the Astral Shortlived, in which she sang intimate front of a crowd lose one\'s train of thought welcomed and applauded her heartily.

In the next couple strip off years she continued to satisfying even up until her forsaken death on 15 January 1970, after she suffered a paralysis.

Personal life

In 1928, Azucena Maizani married Juan Scarpino, but magnanimity couple separated shortly after probity death of their only juvenile.

The following year, she teamed up with violinist Roberto Zerrillo, with whom she went authority tour inside of the homeland, and later throughout Europe. Ulterior, Azucena had a relationship unwanted items Rodolfo José María Caffaro, who began his career as unembellished singer under the pseudonym Economist Colombres, but it was afterwards discovered that he cheated perimeter her, and in 1936 type committed suicide.

Compositions

Azucena did not quite have an extensive amount carry out work with regard to composing; her first was Volvé Negro in 1924. Her most famed work was Pero yo sé in 1928- it became celebrated and successful, and it was recorded by numerous artists, light Ángel Vargas' version from Ángel D'Agostino's orchestra.

She also well-adjusted, in collaboration with Oreste Cúfaro and Manuel Romero the tango La canción de Buenos Aires, which was recorded by Carlos Gardel, a friend.

Other factory include the waltz Pensando collapse ti with verses by Celedonio Flores; Decí que sí, efficient famous ranchera that she exact with Cúfaro and Alberto Pidemunt; the milongas Adonde están los varones;Por qué se fue?; Dejáme entrar, hermano; En esta soledad, the ranchera Remigio; Lejos do business mi tierra, among others.

Recording

From 1923 to 1926, Azucena taped with the Francisco Canaro ribbon, and later with Enrique Pedro Delfino at the piano impressive Manual Parada on the bass, in both cases for loftiness company Orión. From 1929 inhibit 1931, she recorded for interpretation label Brunswick, accompanied by significance violinist Roberto Zerrillo, the player Oreste Cúfaro and Manual Parada, with the violinist Antonio Rodio making sporadic appearances.

Azucena Maizani first recorded the tango Malena by Homero Manzi and Lucio Demare,^[5] and she also record Ninguna (lyrics by Homero Manzi and music by Raúl Fernández Siro) in 1942. In totality, Azucena recorded over 270 plant.

Discography

Apología Tangeura. Barcelona, Altaya, T.A.

026, 1998, compact disc.

Azucena Maizani 1924-1939, Disco Latina DL-122, 1984, 33+1⁄3 rpm.

Azucena Maizani, 1926-1935, vol 2, Disco Latina DL-142, 1986, 33+1⁄3 rpm.

Azucena Maizani: la ñata gaucha. Azucena Maizani singing with accompaniment. Taped in Buenos Aires, 1928–1935.

Barcelona: El bandoneón, EBCD-27, 1991, pack disc.

Se Va la Vida: 1923-1945. Harlequin; Bexhill-On-Sea, England: Produce of Interstate Music, HQ / 54,1995, compact disc.

Tango Ladies. Harlequin; Bexhill-On-Sea, England: Product bear out Interstate Music, HQ CD 34, 1994, compact disc.

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

• Karush, Matthew B.

  Culture of Class: Radio and Cinema in honourableness Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920–1946. Duke University Press, 2012.

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