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Enrique Munné
Real name: Munné, Enrique Juan
Nicknames: A. Roverano
Pianist, leader and composer
(22 July 1912 - 6 November 2005)
Place of birth:
Rosario (Santa Fe) Argentina
SONGS IN THIS ARTICLE
Amor mío
Tango
Aquí en la tierra
Tango
Humo
Tango
La canción más triste
Tango
Maleza
Tango
Tigre viejo
Tango
ARTISTS IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberto Marino
Alberto Morán
Alberto Podestá
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
Ángel Domínguez
Antonio Agri
Antonio Ríos
Antonio Rodio
Argentino Galván
Armando Pontier
Carlos Bahr
Carlos Di Sarli
Cátulo Castillo
Elvino Vardaro
Emilio Barbato
Enrique Francini
Federico Scorticati
Gabriel Clausi
Héctor Stamponi
Horacio Quintana
Hugo Baralis
Hugo Duval
Jorge Argentino Fernández
Jorge Caldara
José Pascual
Julio Ahumada
Lucio Demare
Luis Castiñeira
Manuel Buzón
Mariano Mores
Mario Maurano
Martín Darré
Miguel Caló
Miguel Martino
Oscar Serpa
Osvaldo Fresedo
Osvaldo Pugliese
Pedro Maffia
Roberto Arrieta
Roberto Lambertucci
Rodolfo Biagi
Rolando Cao
By
Néstor Pinsón
e was born in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, and passed away in Buenos Aires. At age seven he began to study music, firstly with a relative with musical knowledge and later with several local teachers, among them one quite renowned in the city, José Denito.
From a very young age he appeared as soloist on radio stations and, on one of them, LT8, he was member of a staff trio for several years. His fellow members were Luis Chera (bandoneon player) and Salvador Esquinazzi (violinist). Thereafter he put together the Conti-Munné orchestra, along with the bandoneonist Julio Conti. Their successful debut was at the cabaret Les Ambassadeurs.
Around 1935 or 1936, he made sporadic trips to Buenos Aires summoned by
Elvino Vardaro
to form an orchestra that would debut on LR3 Radio Belgrano. It was an orchestra with two pianists, the other player was
José Pascual
. Other members were
Jorge Argentino Fernández
and
Ángel Domínguez
on bandoneons,
Hugo Baralis
on violin and the arranger was
Mario Maurano
. It was a failure. Those in charge of the radio station soon dismissed them because it was «an orchestra that played quite difficult stuff». This point of view about Vardaro made that his style could only be heard in a recording that was not released: “
Tigre viejo
”. The only 78 rpm lacquer disc —a demo— that is owned by the record collector Héctor Lucci and the large number of copies of the former are the ones we sometimes are able to hear.
In 1938, he decided to settle in Buenos Aires and, like other boys who dreamed of making a living with music, stayed at the
Pensión La Alegría
, a guesthouse on Salta 321. He soon made friends with
Emilio Barbato
. It was a time of few jobs and a lot of study, especially concertos for two pianos. LT8 was interested in this setting and so they traveled several times to play classical music concerts. By the time he was living at the popular guesthouse, he finished his high studies with the well-known maestro Teodoro Fuch.
As for his work as musician, he joined a large number of orchestras such as
Manuel Buzón
,
Antonio Rodio
, the last stage of the
Pedro Maffia
’s aggregation —when the vocalist was Alberto Gómez—,
Mariano Mores
,
Martín Darré
, etc. Later he was hired by LR1 Radio El Mundo to open its then branch, LS10 Radio Libertad. It was a nine-year tenure accompanying the artists that appeared there. Some of its members were:
Federico Scorticati
, Claudio González, A. Mancini, A. Leivinsohn, Rafael del Bagno,
Rolando Cao
, among others.
As composer we shall mention the following numbers that were committed to record: “Corazón no le digas a nadie” (words by
Luis Castiñeira
) recorded by
Osvaldo Fresedo
with
Oscar Serpa
on December 28, 1944 and by
Lucio Demare
with
Horacio Quintana
on August 24, 1944; “
Maleza
” (lyrics by
Cátulo Castillo
) recorded by
Osvaldo Pugliese
with
Alberto Morán
on May 28, 1945 and by Fresedo with Serpa on November 6 that same year; “Qué cosas tiene la vida” (lyrics by
Roberto Lambertucci
) recorded by
Miguel Caló
with
Roberto Arrieta
on April 4, 1946; “
La canción más triste
” (lyrics by
Roberto Lambertucci
) recorded by
Alberto Marino
with his orchestra on May 23, 1947;
Carlos Di Sarli
with
Alberto Podestá
on May 28 in that year and, in 1952, again by Di Sarli with
Oscar Serpa
; “
Aquí en la tierra
” (lyrics by
Carlos Bahr
) by
Rodolfo Biagi
with
Hugo Duval
on September 9, 1958; “
Amor mío
” (with
Carlos Bahr
) also by Biagi with Duval on November 12, 1958; “La pena de James Dean” (words by
Carlos Bahr
) recorded by
Jorge Caldara
with
Miguel Martino
on November 13, 1958.
Others were “
Humo
”, “Dolor de dos”, an album entitled
Cumpleaños porteños
with twelve numbers with his own music and lyrics. In 1998 for the Melopea label, teaming up with
Antonio Agri
as duo, he cut a record with nine classic tangos and one of his own, “Tango melódico”. All of them wih his own arrangements.
Previously, in the seventies, he made appearances teaming up with
Hugo Baralis
as duo and even he formed a quintet accompanied by
Gabriel Clausi
, Scorticati, Baralis and Benigno Quintela on double bass.
In January 1985 he said: «For me the bohemian times spent at the “
La pensión de la calle Salta
” along with
Enrique Francini
,
Argentino Galván
,
Armando Pontier
, Barbato, Tití Rossi,
Julio Ahumada
,
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
,
Antonio Ríos
,
Héctor Stamponi
and many other beloved friends are unforgettable. For those that departed and those that are still on the road I keep my most respectful memory».
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