Edgardo Donato (Spanish pronunciation: [eðˈɣaɾðo ðoˈnato]; April 14, 1897 – February 15, 1963) was a tango composer and orchestra leader. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was raised in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he was musically trained. Donato composed the 1924 tango "A media luz". It became a standard, which later had English lyrics and a verse melody written by Bob Musel.[1][2] The latter adaptation was titled "Tell Me Marianne", and spent a week at number 1 on the British sheet music charts in June 1947.[3]
Donato died aged 65 in 1963.
References
edit- ^ Hunter, Nigel (1999-09-25). "Publishing Vet Musel Dies". Billboard. p. 76.
- ^ Bethell, Leslie (1998-08-13). A Cultural History of Latin America: Literature, Music and the Visual Arts in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Cambridge University Press. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-316-58389-0.
- ^ Henson, Brian (1989). First hits, 1946-1959. Colin Morgan. London: Boxtree. ISBN 1-85283-268-1. OCLC 19389211.
External links
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- Edgardo Donato at IMDb
- Donato notes at Totango.net
- Donato biography at Todotango.com Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Edgardo Donato recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
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