Azucena maizani biography
Azucena Maizani
Azucena Maizani (17 November – 15 January ) was an Argentine tango singer, composer and actress who was born in Buenos Aires on November 17, and died in the same city on January 15, She was discovered in by Francisco Canaro and quickly emerged as a major star. Her frequent appearances on stage and radio made her the female counterpart of Carlos Gardel although she did not enjoy as successful a film career as he did, appearing in a handful of films including Buenos Aires Sings (). During many years she gave performances dressed with men's suits or criollo cowboy attire for which she was known by the nickname "Funny-face Cowgirl", given to her by Libertad Lamarque in |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 15, (Buenos Aires), Died January 15, (Buenos Aires)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: -
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, composer, songwriter, lyricist
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Recordings (Results of 26 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio | |||||||
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| Victor | BAVE | in. | Fall | Pero yo sé | Orquesta Típica J. Guido | Instrumental ensemble | composer | ||||||||
| Victor | BAVE | in. | Jan. | Con casa y sin mujer | Mercedes Simone | Female vocal solo | songwriter | ||||||||
| Victor | BAVE | in. | 3/13/ | Con casa y sin mujer | Alberto Gómez ; Orquesta Típica Victor | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | songwriter | ||||||||
| Victor | BAVE | in. | Mar. | Deci que si | Orquesta Adolfo Carabelli | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | composer | ||||||||
| Victor | BAVE | in. | May | Como gato entre las leñas | Libertad Lamarque | Female vocal solo | composer | ||||||||
| Victor | BAVE | in. | 5/12/ | Como gato entre las leñas | Fernando Díaz ; Orquesta Típica Francisco J. Lomuto | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | lyricist | ||||||||
| Victor | BS | in. | 11/4/ | Descreída | A Biography
Azucena Maizani (born on 17 November , died 15 de enero de in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a tango singer and songwriter. She achived great popularity in radio and theatre, and recorded more than songs throughout her career. In , Libertad Lamarque named her "La Ñata Gaucha" (The Little Gaucho Girl) because of the traditional Guacho outfits she wore for her performances. Similar Artists
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Musical artist Azucena Maizani (17 November – 15 January ) was an Argentine tango singer, composer and actress who was born in Buenos Aires on November 17, , and died in the same city on January 15, She was discovered in by Francisco Canaro and quickly emerged as a major star. Her frequent appearances on stage and radio made her the female counterpart of Carlos Gardel although she did not enjoy as successful a film career as he did, appearing in a handful of films of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema including ¡Tango! () and Buenos Aires Sings (). During many years she gave performances dressed with men's suits or criollo cowboy attire for which she was known by the nickname "Funny-face Cowgirl", given to her by Libertad Lamarque in Early yearsShe lived in the Palermo neighborhood until she was five in which, because it seemed that she had health problems and her parents were very poor, she was taken by some family members to live on Martín García island. On that island located in the middle of the Río de la Plata river, halfway between Argentina and Uruguay, she completed her grade school education and at 17, returned to Buenos Aires and began working as a seamstress in a shirt factory and in a fashion house. She liked singing and, according to Canaro, one night she went to Pigall where he acted and she convinced him to let her sing two tangos in public with his orchestra. If she did not get a job through this, it must have strengthened her in her artistic career, which began in in which she began as a chorus girl in the brothers César and Pepe Ratti's company which was putting on the piece, El bailarín del cabaret (The Cabaret Dancer) in the Apolo Theater, starring the singe Years active Stage Name(s) Category Country of Origin Birth &#; Death Bio Azucena Maizani was one of the leading female singers of the tango, with a career that soared to prominence during the early s and continued through the tango’s Golden Age (). She performed widely in her native Argentina, as well as internationally in South America, Europe, and North America. She also recorded commercially successful records, appeared in Argentinean tango films, wrote original songs, and performed with some of the most renowned tango orquestas of her time. Maizani broke ground in general as a female performer in the extremely male-dominated field of early twentieth century tango. She also broke particular ground as a male impersonator on the cabaret stages of Buenos Aires. In that era, when women first attempted to perform the tango-canción (tango songs with lyrics), they were rebuffed by male gatekeepers who insisted that there was no place for female singers of tango, since the lyrics were written from the perspective of men—and not just men, but the macho “compadritos” who embodied the danger and virility of a working-class, gritty underground culture. A small yet powerful group of groundbreaking women- including Linda Thema, and others whose names have not yet been recorded &#; responded by donning men’s clothing, swaggering onstage, and singing their way right into that masculine point of view. The phenomenon of male impersonation in the early tango era went largely undocumented. Even now, in the largely Spanish-language world of tango scholarship, it is systematically sidelined, downplayed, or erased. As a result, many details remain difficult to confirm. Exactly how it originated, or with whom, is unknown. However, some scholars believe Maizani to be the first to do it, the one who paved the way. Without a doubt, she was one of the core trailblazers, and the most fa | ||||||||||