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Pedro Laurenz was a great tango personality. He had great technique with both hands (high and low notes), was magnificent in sound, powerful in performance and impetuous in expression.
He spent his childhood in Villa Crespo, a neighborhood where people lived together in colorful social contrast in tenements: the hard and unsavory people – compadritos and malevos -, Spaniards, Italians, Jews, Arabs and Turkish immigrants.
At the age of 15 he exchanged the violin for the bandoneón. In the Casanovas orchestra he played with Donato and Zerrillo.
Important for him was his joining Julio de Caro’s group in 1925, which then brought revolutionary changes to tango. He came to play alongside his idol Mafia.
In 1934 he formed his own orchestra, and gave the instrumental tango a new impetus in style. He invited Pugliese, also an innovator, to play piano.
In 1937 he recorded Arrabal, seen as the gateway to the golden age of tango in the 1940s. The lesser popularity of its singers, except Podestá, limited its success.
From 1960 onwards, Laurenz was part of the famous Quinteto Real, a group of great soloists such as Salgán, who tried to revive the tango with a robust innovation in rhythm. As a composer, Laurenz left behind many classics such as Mala Junta and Orgullo Criollo.