Francisco Lomuto
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Francisco Juan Lomuto was an Argentine
Tango
Pianist
, leader and composer
who occasionally went by the Pseudonym: Pancho Laguna.
Lomuto was born in the Parque Patricios
neighbourhood of Buenos Aires
one of 10 children raised by Victor Lomuto and Rosalia Narducci.
His mother Rosalia taught him piano, and by 1922 he had his own orchestra with whom he recorded over 950 numbers between 1922 and 1950.
Some of his best known compositions are; La revoltosa,Fumando Espero, Muchachita del campo and Cachadora.
Characteristics of his Tango compositions is the ending with the diminished seventh
(not in vals or Milonga compositions).
Lomuto became involved in several Argentine films
such as El Alma de bandoneón
La rubia del camino and Melgarejo
.
In 1936 Lomuto was appointed as the President of organisation for the Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música
(SADAIC) (Argentine Society of Music Authors and Composers).
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Tango
Argentine Tango
Argentine tango is a musical genre of simple quadruple metre and binary musical form, and the social dance that accompanies it. Its lyrics and music are marked by nostalgia, expressed through melodic instruments including the bandoneon. Originated at the ending of the 19th century in the suburbs of...
Pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
, leader and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
who occasionally went by the Pseudonym: Pancho Laguna.
Lomuto was born in the Parque Patricios
Parque Patricios
Parque Patricios is a barrio located on the southern side of Buenos Aires, Argentina belonging to the fourth comuna.Parque Patricios underwent a transformation during the beginning of the 1900's...
neighbourhood of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
one of 10 children raised by Victor Lomuto and Rosalia Narducci.
His mother Rosalia taught him piano, and by 1922 he had his own orchestra with whom he recorded over 950 numbers between 1922 and 1950.
Some of his best known compositions are; La revoltosa,Fumando Espero, Muchachita del campo and Cachadora.
Characteristics of his Tango compositions is the ending with the diminished seventh
Diminished seventh
In classical music from Western culture, a diminished seventh is an interval produced by narrowing a minor seventh by a chromatic semitone. For instance, the interval from A to G is a minor seventh, ten semitones wide, and both the intervals from A to G, and from A to G are diminished sevenths,...
(not in vals or Milonga compositions).
Lomuto became involved in several Argentine films
Cinema of Argentina
The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....
such as El Alma de bandoneón
El Alma de bandoneón
The Soul of the Accordion is a 1935 Argentine tango musical film directed by Mario Soffici and written by José A. Bugliot.It is considered one of the earliest classics of Argentine cinema....
La rubia del camino and Melgarejo
Melgarejo
Melgarejo is a 1937 Argentine film directed and written by Luis Moglia Barth. The film premiered in the US on September 19 1937 and starred Santiago Gómez Cou and Mecha Ortiz.Editing to the film was performed by Carlos Rinaldi.-Plot Outline:...
.
In 1936 Lomuto was appointed as the President of organisation for the Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música
Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música
Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música is the entity that gathers all musicians and authors of Argentina, and the Argentine performance rights organisation that keeps registry of musical works, and collects and distributes royalties on behalf of the artists.Founded on June 9,...
(SADAIC) (Argentine Society of Music Authors and Composers).