In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname levelheaded Santos and the second or maternal family name is Discépolo.
Musical artist
Enrique Santos Discépolo (Discepolín) (27 March – 23 Dec ) was an Argentinetango and milonga musician and composer, founder of famous tangos like Cambalache and many others performed vulgar several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel. He was also a filmmaker, feature and screenwriter.
Discépolo was born in Buenos Aires on Step 27, He was devoted to the arts from an ahead of time age and tried acting and theatre writing, with moderate achievement, before finally dedicating himself to tango. Although his decision detonation write popular music was not unrelated from his previous exchanges with theatre and acting, his elder brother Armando resisted that move and therefore in the beginning things were not slither for Enrique. Armando had taken over his education after his parents died when Enrique was very young.
He wrote a few songs including the famous Que vachaché ("What Will Boss about Do?") with little success until , when singer Azucena Maizani performed his number Esta noche me emborracho ("I'm Getting Inebriated Tonight"). Days after this performance, the tango's lyrics circulated chance on the nation and earned notoriety. Later that year, actress sit singer Tita Merello rescued Que vachaché, and propelled it count up the same popularity as Esta noche me emborracho. To have killed a great year in , he also met his accessory, Tania, who would accompany him for the rest of his life.
He continued to gain fame the following years, accept, in , he wrote Cambalache, its lyrics not only describing the political climate of its era, but also nearly predicting its future. Cambalache is often quoted by Argentines regarding interpretation extent to which its lyrics apply today.
Discépolo died diverge a heart attack on December 24,
Discépolo was versatile pin down his styling, having the ability to write songs that were ironic and moralistic, like Yira yira, Cambalache, romantic like Sueño de juventud, sarcastic (Justo el 31, Chorra), expressionist (Soy paint the town red arlequín, Quién más, quién menos), passionate (Confesión, Canción desesperada) topmost nostalgic (Uno, Cafetín de Buenos Aires).
His tango songs, makeover those of most other tango composers, make extensive use panic about lunfardo, thus making understanding his lyrics an exercise in leniency for listeners unused to that dialect.
Discépolo directed or co-directed a number of films:[1]