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Enrique Santos Discépolo
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santos and the second or maternal family name is Discépolo.
Musical artist
Enrique Santos Discépolo (Discepolín) (27 March 1901 – 23 December 1951) was an Argentinetango and milonga musician and composer, author of famous tangos like Cambalache and many others performed by several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel.
He was also a filmmaker, actor and screenwriter.
Life
[edit]Discépolo was born in Buenos Aires on March 27, 1901. He was devoted to the arts from an early age and tried acting and theatre writing, with moderate success, before finally dedicating himself to tango. Although his decision to write popular music was not unrelated from his previous exchanges with theatre and acting, his elder brother Armando resisted this move and therefore in the beginning things were not easy for Enrique.
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