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the beginning of the 10 decade, a fundamental chapter in the
history of our tango was written. The old Tangini house, began
to impulse between tango artists the newly born phonographic
industry. Albums had become very popular and the recordings that
had been registered were very well received by the artists.
Tagiani decided to hire Greco’s orchestra to record some
tangos. In that moment, it was necessary for the orchestra to
adopt a generic denomination to identify itself and to
differentiate it from the orchestras that, in addition to tango,
also played waltzes, and polkas. The name had to be very
distinctive, so people could have the certainty that they only
played tango and milonga. Greco adopted the name “Orquesta Típica
Criolla” (“Typical Creole Orchestra”), which was later
shortened to the name “Typical Orchestra”, which is still
used to denominate tango groups. That is how Typical Orchestras
were born, hand in hand with phonographic recordings. In time,
there would be a great amount of Typical, with artists that are,
in a way, in debt with Vicente Greco, the man who founded the
tango orchestras. The first album the “Typical Creole
Orchestra” recorded included the tangos “Rosendo” and
“Don Juan”.
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