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Esteban González
Real name: González, Esteban Rogelio
Pianist and composer
(13 August 1896 - 21 March 1958)
Place of birth:
Rauch (Buenos Aires) Argentina
SONGS IN THIS ARTICLE
A rienda suelta
Tango
Marianito
Tango
Sonrisas
Shimmy
ARTISTS IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Scatasso
Carlos Gardel
Domingo Julio Vivas
Domingo Salerno
El Cachafaz
Eugenio Cárdenas
Fidel Del Negro
José Guillermo Basadoni
Pedro Maffia
By
Orlando del Greco
e was from the province and when he moved to the big city he became friend of
El Cachafaz
’s and of the guitarist
Domingo Salerno
’s, the author of the famous tango “
Marianito
”, with whom he began to frequent dancehalls and cafés in the mid-second decade of the twentieth century. By being sideman of musicians like
Antonio Scatasso
(he was in his orchestra at the Apolo Theater),
José Guillermo Basadoni
,
Pedro Maffia
, Miguel Orlando,
Domingo Julio Vivas
,
Fidel Del Negro
and many, many others more, made him appear in many orchestras at the downtown and suburban tango cafés, nearly all the radios, theaters, cabarets and tours.
His first composition is not remembered but good artists committed to wax his tangos “Se casa Rosina”, “Recordarás”, “
A rienda suelta
”, “Mal rumbeada”; his cueca “Canto a los héroes”.
Carlos Gardel
, who recorded his shimmy “
Sonrisas
” with lyrics by
Eugenio Cárdenas
, was also one of his good friends.
González was born in Rauch (Province of Buenos Aires) on August 13, 1896 and died in Castelar (Province of Buenos Aires) on March 21, 1958 when he committed suicide while he was playing a tango on piano.
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