Sebastian Piana

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Sebastián Piana (born November 26, 1903 in Buenos Aires , † July 18, 1994 ) was an Argentine tango composer, arranger and pianist and music teacher.

biography

Piana was born in the Barrio Almagro of Buenos Aires to Italian immigrants. His father was a hairdresser and an enthusiastic hobby musician who played the piano, guitar and mandolin and performed with a tango group in cafés. From 1910 he had violin lessons from his uncle Pedro Bertolero . Two years later he began studying piano with Angel D'Agostino at the Instituto Musical Odeón . In 1920 he received a degree as a piano teacher. After that he was a student of Ernesto Drangosch until his death.

From 1917 Piana worked as a silent film and theater pianist, participated in variety shows and orchestral performances. In 1920 he composed his first tangos Sabor popular , La tapera and El hombre orquesta . With José González Castillo he composed the tango Sobre el pucho , with which he took second place in a 1922 Tango Cagarettes competition. The composition Silbando , also in collaboration with José González Castillo and his son Cátulo Castillo , was performed in 1923 by Azucena Maizani in the Revue Poker de Ases at the Teatro San Martín .

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With Pedro Maffia he composed the tango Arco iris , with which he won second place in the Max Glücksmann competition, and which Francisco Canaro was recorded with. In 1929 he composed Milonga clásica , a tango for orchestra, other successful titles were created in collaboration with Homero Manzi , such as Viejo ciego , Milonga sentimental , Milonga del 900 , Milonga triste , Juan Manuel , Milonga de los Fortines , Pena mulata , Milonga de Puente Alsina , Canción por la niña muerta , El pescante and De barro .

Piana also composed music for the films Vidalita , Arrabalera , Derecho viejo and He nacido en Buenos Aires as well as the incidental music for La boina blanca by Carlos Goicoechea and Rogelio Cordone . He was a professor at the Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla and taught choral singing in elementary schools. In addition to tangos, he also composed a Misa de Gloria for three-part choir and Escenas de Ballet .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Farris Thompson: Tango: The Art History of Love. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010 ISBN 0-307-4982-20 , p. 314.
  2. ↑ Other sources (e.g. IMDb) give July 17th as the day of death.
personal data
SURNAME Piana, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine tango composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1994