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For decades, Tanturi led a renowned orchestra that owed its success mainly to the strong appeal of its singers. He himself was not notable for his musical prowess, and his instrumental pieces are also little remembered.
Born to Italian parents, he was born in Buenos Aires and grew up in the Barracas neighborhood, a poor but important area, surrounded by the Riachuelo river and its stench. Starting on violin, he switched to piano.
In 1933 he formed a sextet under the name Los Indios (after a polo team). He always played this as the opening song, but unfortunately it was never recorded.
The turning point came in 1937 with the recordings Tierrita and A La Luz Del Candil.
His greatest success came in 1939 with the joining of Alberto Castillo, with his perfect tone, his masterful use of pitch and mezza voce (restrained tone formation). He seduced the audience with pronounced movements, a masculine elegance, a handsome hairstyle, and that sometimes intimate, sometimes lively mood. All that made a show of every tango.
Tanturi let him play the leading role, as did his successor Enrique Campos.
He made no attempt to express his singing talent like his predecessor. He sang in an ‘indifferent’, unexcited, simple way. Behind him the orchestra sounded confident, precise and tactful, with unaffected perfection. These recordings of Tanturi-Campos were gems.