Adolfo Carabelli
Argentine composer, conductor, pianist, and songwriter
Adolfo Leandro Carabelli (8 September 1893 - 25 January 1947) was an Argentine piano player, composer and bandleader (tango musical genre) during the Golden Age of tango.
Biography
He was born on 8 September 1893.
Carabelli led his own orchestra Adolfo Carabelli y su Orquesta (sometimes referred to as Adolfo Carabelli y su Orquesta Típica or Adolfo Carabelli y su Jazz Band). Among the performers in it for a short time around 1928 was Luiz Americano. He also led for some period the renowned Orquesta Típica Victor.
Among the best-known tangos of the Carabelli tango orchestra are “Mi refugio” (1931); “Cantando”, “Felicia” (1932), “Por dónde andará” (1932), “Inspiración” (1932), “Mar adentro” (1933) and others.
He died on 25 January 1947.
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