The life and tangos of Eduardo Arolas (1892-1924), composer and bandoneonist

Eduardo Arolas (1892-1824) has a short, tortured, bohemian life - just 32 years - but he wrote many tangos which have become classics.

He was largely self-taught and he wrote his first tango Una noche de garufa at 17, when he could not read or write sheet music.

Some tango historians credit Arolas with introduction of a bandoneon into tango music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources

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