Alberto Pascual Caracciolo (1918 - 1994), was a Tango Musician, a musical arranger, orchestra director, composer and Bandoneón player.

Born in Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the 23 March 1918, he began his musical studies at the age of 8, and at 16 he started playing Bandoneón in Antonio Arcieri´s orchestra.

He was respected and well-known by his colleagues rather than by the public in general for Caracciolo always chose to hold a low profile and he acted on different important radios and occasionally on TV but he did not point to having a massive difussion of his music.

He played Bandoneón for different famous orchestras, such as the ones of Joaquín Do Reyes, Angel Dágostino, Manuel Buzón, Victor Braña, Jorge Caldara and many others.

Although he was a Tango Renewer following a style of his own, he played traditional Tango in the “De Ayer... y de Siempre” L.P., produced by Discomundo, for which he created Quinteto Añoranzas, including Flute, which was an instrument greatly valued in the old traditional groups (According to Roberto Selles, Tango Journalist and historian).

He also played Jazz although in a minor scale, he made musical arrangements for international publishers, and he was a Music Counsellor for Odeón (Argentina), in the late 60's and early 70's.

Caracciolo is the author of “Tema de Tango en Re Menor”, “Preludio”, “Etéreo”, “Chiqui” (dedicated to his wife), “Con Rumbo al Cielo” (dedicated to his father), “Réquiem para un Gomía”, (dedicated to Carlos_Gardel), and many others which have lyrics by famous Tango poets.

External links

Alberto Caracciolo's Official Website