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Tangos the orchestra recorded that its leader also composed.
Everyone who recorded or played with the orchestra. Each card links to their page, so you can follow a singer or player to the other orchestras they featured in.
Who was in the band, and when. Each era joins to the recordings tagged to it, so lineups the corpus can't name are added over time.
Era and lineup research by Tango Sparks. Endless gratitude to them for documenting who played in each orchestra, and for sharing it so generously. Go explore their wonderful work.
Led throughout by Rodolfo Biagi on piano. Each era below is a chapter of the orchestra's lineup. The ones still marked as not documented are waiting to be filled in.
Biagi's staccato piano over a 4 to 5 violin, 4 to 5 bandoneón formation. Marcos Larroca on violin throughout, with the lead bandoneón passing from Alfredo Attadía to Miguel Bonano to Jorge Argentino Fernández.
Marcos Larroca stayed on violin until near his death in 1949; the lead bandoneón of this stretch is uncertain.
The Columbia era, with the iconic Biagi singer Hugo Duval. Juan Migliore on bandoneón, Oscar de la Fuente on violin and arrangements, alongside Adolfo Muzzi.
Lineup not documented yet.
The last recordings, with Juan Migliore on bandoneón and Adolfo Muzzi on first violin after Oscar de la Fuente left for his own orquesta.
These recordings aren't sorted into an era yet.