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Horacio Salgán

Born: 15th June 1916, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died: 19th August 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nationality: Argentine

Horacio Adolfo Salgán was an Argentine tango musician. He was born in Buenos Aires to an established Afro-Argentine family. Some of Salgán's most well-known compositions include Del 1 al 5 (Días de pago) (1944), A Don Agustín Bardi (1947), Entre tango y tango (1953), Grillito, La llamo silbando, Cortada de San Ignacio, A fuego lento, and Aquellos tangos camperos. He turned 100 in June 2016 and died two months later on August 19, 2016.

Salgán began studying piano at age six.

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