Edgardo Donato

363 recordings identified

Historical background

Unlike Enrique Rodríguez's orquesta característica, Edgardo Donato's band remained a true orquesta típica, but one of the most openly cheerful and childlike in tango, driven by the playful pizzicato of its violins (Donato's own instrument) and, above all, by a piano accordion - rather than a fifth bandoneon - entrusted from 1934 to 13-year-old prodigy Osvaldo "Bertolín" Bertone. When Astor Piazzolla later said the bandoneon was made for sadness and the accordion for joy, that is exactly the choice Donato had already made back in the 1930s.

His best years (1932-1942) begin before the 1935 D'Arienzo revolution and outlast it, making him, in Lavocah's words, a bridge between the guardia vieja and modern tango. The decline, triggered by Bertolín's 1942 departure to form a jazz group and completed by a love-triangle quarrel that led Donato to fire all three of his singers, coincided with the general slowdown of sung tango from 1942 onward - a shift his light, rhythmic style never really managed to adapt to.

Source: Michael Lavocah, Tango Masters: Tango Stories, Musical Secrets, chapitre 11 « Edgardo Donato: get happy ».

Musical profile

Character
Rhythmic
Energy
Cheerful
Complexity
Simple
Temperament
Introvert
Role in a milonga
Cheerful closing, Crowded floor
Best years for dancing
1932-1942

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Singers and periods

Also recorded with: Luis Diaz, Agustin Magaldi, Mercedes Carné, Randona y Coro, Alberto Gómez, Hugo del Carril y Randona, Horacio Lagos y Randona, Romeo Gavioli y Lita Morales, Daniel Adamo y Jorge Denis, Jorge Denis, Osvaldo Morel, Pablo Lozano, Roberto Beltran, Alberto Podestá, Adolfo Rivas, Hugo Roca, Alberto Podestá y Carlos Almada, Raul Angelo, Roberto Morel y Raul Angelo, Nilda Marino.

Genres: Tango (223), Valse (49), Ranchera (35), Pasodoble (20), Milonga (17), Fado (3), Marcha (3), Maxixe (2), Tarantela (2), Tonada Salteña (2), Cancion (1), Corrido (1), Foxtrot (1), Himno Olimpico (1), Milonga [Tango] (1), Polca (1), Zamba (1).

Extract: 100 of 363 recordings, in alphabetical order.

Title Singer Year Genre
1900Teófilo Ibáñez1932Tango
AbombadaRandona y Coro1934Ranchera
AdelinaLuis Díaz1931Tango
Adios a GardelHoracio Lagos1936Corrido
A Donde Vas Tan RegalonFélix Gutiérrez1932Ranchera
A GarufiarLuis Díaz1931Tango
Agua SerenaInstrumental1931Tango
A La Orilla de La MarLuis Díaz1930Fado
Alas RotasHoracio Lagos1938Tango
Aleluya (3)Juan Alessio1935Marcha
Algun Día (2)Instrumental1930Tango
Alla en El PagoCarlos Viván1931Ranchera
Amando en SilencioHoracio Lagos y Romeo Gavioli1941Tango
Amargura (2)Luis Díaz1931Valse
A Media LuzCarlos Almada1950Tango
A Media LuzHoracio Lagos1941Tango
A Media LuzAndrés Galarce1961Tango
Amor CriolloInstrumental1931Valse
Amores ViejosAntonio Maida y Randona1934Tango
A OscurasHoracio Lagos1941Tango
ApronteRoberto Morel1953Milonga
Así Es El TangoHoracio Lagos1937Tango
AventureraInstrumental1931Tango
Barrio TranquiloPablo Lozano1945Tango
BelénInstrumental1936Tango
BerretinesAntonio Maida1934Tango
Berretines de BacanaRoberto Morel1953Tango
Buena YuntaInstrumental1930Tango
Bullicio del CorsoTeófilo Ibáñez1932Tango
Campo AfueraHoracio Lagos1940Milonga
CandombiandoLuis Díaz1930Maxixe
Cantando BajitoInstrumental1938Tango
Cara NegraHoracio Lagos1942Milonga
Carmen de GranadaTeófilo Ibáñez1932Pasodoble
Carnaval de Mi BarrioLita Morales y Horacio Lagos1939Tango
Cartón LigadorInstrumental1951Tango
Cenizas de AmorLuis Díaz1932Valse
Cha Digo con La ViejaTeófilo Ibáñez1932Ranchera
Chapaleando BarroLita Morales y Horacio Lagos1939Tango
Chau ChauLuis Díaz1931Tango
Che BandoneónCarlos Almada1950Tango
Che CarolinaHoracio Lagos1935Ranchera
Che FayutoLuis Díaz1930Tango
Che RodolfoLuis Díaz1930Tango
ChiquéInstrumental1936Tango
ChiquilinadasInstrumental1932Ranchera
Como Lista de PonchoTeófilo Ibáñez1931Ranchera
Como Lo Quiso DiosLuis Díaz1930Tango
Cómo Se Pianta La VidaCarlos Almada1950Tango
CompadritoLuis Díaz1930Tango
CongojaHugo del Carril1935Tango
Congoja (2)Luis Díaz1930Tango
Con Tarjeta de CartonTeófilo Ibáñez1932Ranchera
Con Tus BesosHoracio Lagos1938Valse
Corazon Pa' Los PerrosInstrumental1930Tango
Corrales ViejosAntonio Maida1934Milonga
Cosita LindaAlberto Aguirre1958Tango
Cuando Te CasesLuis Díaz1930Foxtrot
Cua PummarolaLuis Díaz1932Tarantela
Cuarenta EntradasTeófilo Ibáñez1931Tango
CuyanitaTeófilo Ibáñez1931Ranchera
Danza MalignaInstrumental1930Tango
De Ande YerbaAntonio Maida1934Ranchera
Decile a Tu ViejaInstrumental1930Tango
Deja El Mundo Como EstáHoracio Lagos1941Tango
Dejate QuererInstrumental1935Valse
Demasiado TardeRoberto Beltran1945Tango
De Mis PagosInstrumental1935Ranchera
De Punta a PuntaHoracio Lagos1939Milonga
DesertoraLuis Díaz1930Tango
DesolaciónLuis Díaz1930Tango
DesorientadoOscar Peralta1955Tango
DiablesaHoracio Lagos1940Valse
Dios Lo SabeJuan Alessio1935Tango
Doble CondenaOscar Peralta1956Tango
Doña MaribigaHoracio Lagos1935Ranchera
Dulce AmigaAntonio Rodriguez Resende1931Tango
El AcomodoInstrumental1952Tango
El AcomodoInstrumental1933Tango
El AdiósHoracio Lagos1938Tango
El Amor Hace FruncirInstrumental1931Tango
El Barrio MurmuraLuis Díaz1931Tango
El CamiónCarlos Almada1951Tango
El Casorio e' CiprianoInstrumental1930Ranchera
El ChamuyoInstrumental1938Tango
El ChupeteInstrumental1956Tango
El DescolaoRoberto Morel1953Tango
El Día Que Me QuierasJuan Alessio1935Tango
El DisloqueRoberto Morel1955Tango
El Distinguido CiudadanoInstrumental1940Tango
Elegante PapirusaInstrumental1935Tango
El EmbrujaoTeófilo Ibáñez1932Ranchera
El EstagiarioInstrumental1938Tango
El HuracánCarlos Almada1950Tango
El HuracánFélix Gutiérrez1932Tango
El HuracánAndrés Galarce1961Tango
El HuracánInstrumental1952Tango
El Huracán (B)Félix Gutiérrez1932Tango
Ella Es AsíHoracio Lagos1938Milonga
El LecheritoDaniel Adamo y Jorge Denis1944Milonga
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