Rosendo Mendizábal

Rosendo Mendizábal

Anselmo Rosendo Cayetano Mendizábal was the first artist of the tango. He was born on April 21, 1868, to a prosperous family in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the age of three he and his brother became orphans due to their father's untimely death.

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	"El entrerriano" (3:13) Menu 0:00 Performed by the Francisco Canaro Orquestra recorded in 1929 at Buenos Aires
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On October 25, 1897, Rosendo released his first piano piece, "La casita" (elegant brothel). His first structured tango was " [es]". It was the beginning of structured tango presents three parts, unlike the primitive examples of one or two parts.

Mendizabal signed his works using the name "A. Rosendo".

On occasion, Mendizábal directed a quintet in the Hall Saint Martin (Rodriguez Peña 344). The other players were Ernesto Ponzio (violin), Vincent Pecci (flute), Eusebio Aspiazu (guitar), and "Cieguito" Gaudin (unknown instrument).

In addition to his best known work, "El entrerriano" (still performed), his compositions included "Don Padilla", "Oh, How Expensive", "That's the Thing", "In the Long Run", "The Torpedo", "Soon Return", "Entre La", "Matilda", "Queen of Sheba", "Wind in its Sails", "Tigre Hotel", "Around Here There Are no Thorns", "In Light of the Lanterns", "Le Petit Parisién", "Club Z", "Don Enrique", "Alberto" and "Somos Line".

Mendizábal died on June 30, 1913.^[1]

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External links[]

• Media related to Rosendo Mendizábal at Wikimedia Commons
• Free scores by Rosendo Mendizábal at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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