Osvaldo fresedo biography

Argentine musician (1897–1984)

Osvaldo Fresedo
Born	(1897-05-05)May 5, 1897 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	November 18, 1984(1984-11-18) (aged 87) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, and bandleader
Years active	1925 - 1980

Osvaldo Fresedo (May 5, 1897 - November 18, 1984), nicknamed El pibe de La Paternal ("the kid from La Paternal") was an Argentine songwriter and director of a tango orchestra.

He had one of the longest recording careers in tango history, from 1920 to 1980.

Career

Fresedo was born into a middle-class family in La Paternal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His mother gave him the first music lessons.

Osvaldo Fresedo, nicknamed El pibe de La Paternal was an Argentine songwriter and director of a tango orchestra.

Osvaldo Fresedo, nicknamed El pibe de La Paternal was an Argentine songwriter and director of a tango orchestra.

Bandoneonist, director and composer.

Osvaldo Fresedo (May 5, - November 18, ), nicknamed El pibe de La Paternal was an Argentine songwriter and director of a tango orchestra.

Osvaldo Nicolás Fresedo was born in the center of Buenos Aires on May 5, , the eighth child of his parents Nicolás Fresedo and Clotilde García.

Osvaldo Fresedo keeps recording until , and concludes a tango career of more than 60 years without interruption.

While he was still small, his family moved to a working-class neighborhood, and it was there he began his interest in tango. He learned to play the bandoneón and as a teenager joined several of the most famous orchestras of the era of the Guardia Vieja ("Old Guard").

In 1920 traveled