Argentina Timeline

December 11, 1890: Carlos Gardel was born in Toulouse, France

1893: Gardel’s mother emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina

January 9, 1897: Luis Gianneo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

1911: Gardel made his first recordings for the Columbia label and toured with singer Francisco Martino, later adding Razzano to form a trio

1913: Martino left the Trio. Gardel formed a duet with Jose Razzano singing folk songs

1915: Carlos Gardel was shot by Che Guevara’s father, Ernesto Guevara Lynch, as a result of a bar room brawl in the belle epoque Palais de Glace in the Recoleta district of Buenos Aires

1917: Gardel created the Tango Cancion in 1917 with his rendition of Pascual Contursi and Samuel Castriota’s Mi Noche Triste

April 4, 1917: Germany sank two Argentine civilian ships, Monte Protegido and the Toro

1921: Yrigoyen's administration enacted enacted the Labor Code establishing the right to strike, implemented minimum wages laws and collective contracts. It also initiated the creation of the Dirección General de Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF), the oil state company

March 11, 1921: Astor Piazzolla born in Mar del Plata, Argentina

1923-42: Gianneo co-directed the Instituto Musical and conducted the Asociación Sinfonica in Tucuman

August 1924: Gardel sung for the visiting Prince of Wales in Buenos Aires, Argentina

1925: Rozzano was having problems with his throat, so Gardel became a solo performer

1929: The Great Depression hit Argentina. Grupo Renovación is founded by Juan José, José Maria Castro, Jacobo Ficher.
Gardel sang at the Paris Opera House

1930: A military dictatorship took control of Argentina. Gianneo composed his popular symphonic poem, El Tarco en Flor

1931: Gardel made film debut in "Luces de Buenos Aires”

1932: Gianneo became a member of Grupo Renovación

1933: Gardel arrived at New York where his film career grew

1934: Gardel made films, El Día Que Me Quieras (The Day You Love Me) and Cuesta Abajo (Going Downhill)

1935: Gardel toured through the Caribbean and northern South America

June 24, 1935: Gardel died on in a plane crash in Medellin, Colombia while on tour

1938: Gianneo participated in The International Music Conference in Florence, conducted a performance of his symphonic poem Turay-Turay in Turin and created Cinco Piezas Pequeñas, First Symphony and the Concertino Serenata in Paris.
Piazzolla begins to play in Anibal Troilo’s orchestra

1942: Concierto Aymara, won second prize in an international competition sponsored the Edwin A. Fleischer Collection

1943: Gianneo permanently settled in Buenos Aires

1944: Gianneo performed his Concierto Aymara. Piazzolla left Troilo’s orchestra and joined Francisco Fiorentino’s orchestra to lead it

1945: Gianneo founded the Youth Orchestra of Radio El Mundo

1946: Piazzolla composed his first formal tango, “El Desbande”

1949-65: Gianneo taught at the Conservatorio Provincial de Musica

1953: Buenos Aires won the first prize and the work is performed at the Law School in Buenos Aires by the Symphonic Orchestra of “Radio del Estado” with the addition of two bandoneons under Piazzolla

1954: Gianneo founded the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil the Radio Nacional (Youth Symphony Orchestra of Radio Nacional).
Piazzolla received a scholarship from the French Government to study in Paris

1955: Piazzolla returned to Argentina to form a group called Octeto Buenos

June 1955: Casa Rosada bombing in Plaza de Mayo, Argentina

1955–58: Gianneo became the interventor of the Conservatorio Nacional de Musica

1956–66: Gianneo taught at the Universidad Nacional de la Plata

1958: Piazzolla left the Octet and went to New York City to work as an arranger

1958–60: Gianneo became Director of the Conservatorio Nacional de Musica

1963: Piazzolla premiered “Tres Tangos Sinfonicos”

1964–68: Gianneo taught at Universidad Católica Argentina

1965: Gianneo became President of the National Commission for Culture

August 15, 1968: Gianneo died in Buenos Aires, Argentina

1969: Piazzolla composed and presented “Balada Para Un Loco” at the First Iberoamerican Music Festival, where he received second place

1976: Piazzolla played at the Gran Rex Theater in Buenos Aires, where he presented his work, “500 Motivaciónes”

1977: Piazzolla played at the Gran Rex Theater in Buenos Aires, where he presented his work, “500 Motivaciónes”

1983: Piazzolla played a program dedicated to his music at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires

1988: Piazzolla underwent a quadruple bypass surgery

1989: Piazzolla started an extensive international tour

1990: Piazzola suffered a stroke

July 4, 1992: Piazzolla died in Buenos Aires