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Anibal
Troilo’s bandoneon, already considered one of the most
expressive, pianist Orlando Goñi and singer Francisco
Fiorentino were the foundations upon which this orchestra was
built, with the structure of a Typical Sextet. Phrasings,
variations and ornaments of its peculiar manufacturing, put
Troilo’s bandoneon in the first place. But the most remarkable
characteristic of the orchestra was given by pianist Orlando Goñi,
who was the creator of a distinctive conduction way, more
elastic and with pre-eminence of low notes, and his unmistakable
“loose notes” in the grave ones, defining a tango concept
which would be followed by many artists after him. It was the
antithesis of the piano pattern used by Rodolfo Biaggi in Juan
D’Arienzo’s orchestra: acute, accelerated, nervous, strident
and cutting. With Francisco Fiorentino as one of the
orchestra’s leaders, Troilo
revolutionized the typical orchestras’s traditions. The
vocalist’s participation singing the whole song, with
introduction, bridge and “finale” in charge of the
orchestra, gave singers of the orchestra a new and important
role, which would be imitated by all directors. Some time later,
singer Alberto Marino joined Troilo’s group, inaugurating the
practice of including two singers in typical orchestras. The
initiative that had been Francisco Canaro’s many years before,
when he included in his orchestra singers Ernesto Famá and
Francisco Amor, was resuscitated by Troilo and followed by
almost all orchestra directors after him. Pichuco implemented
renewing conceptions referring to ways of expression and the
instrumental combination in his orchestra. He added to his group
a violoncello and a viola, and completed the string section with
four violins, while he formed the bandoneon section with five
musicians. Aníbal Troilo not only perfected tango
interpretation in a gradual way, but contributed with new
criteria about instrumental combination in orchestras,
maintaining his personal style. As regards singers, Troilo’s
orchestra selected great vocalists, most of them would have a
brilliant soloist career later on: Francisco Fiorentino, Amadeo
Mandarino, Alberto Marino, Floreal Ruiz, Edmundo Rivero, Aldo
Calderón, Jorge Casal, Raúl Berón, Carlos Olmedo, Pablo
Lozano, Roberto Goyeneche, Angel Cárdenas, Elba Berón, Roberto
Rufino, Nelly Vázquez, Tito Reyes and Roberto Achaval.
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