2023-07-11 03:11:00
2023 – BANDONEON. Bandoneon Day is celebrated in Argentina in commemoration of the birth of Aníbal Troilo. The date was declared by law in 2005.
Aníbal Carmelo Troilo “Pichuco” was born on July 11, 2914 in Buenos Aires. The bandoneon player, composer and conductor was the author of 60 tangos, among them “Che bandoneón”, “Sur”, “María”, “Garúa” and “La última curda”.
The celebration of Bandoneon Day in Argentina was promoted by Francisco Torné (grandson of Zita Troilo) and the poet Horacio Ferrer, president of the National Tango Academy.
ephemeris. Bandoneon Day is celebrated in commemoration of the birth of Aníbal Troilo. (Archive)
Bandoneon Day in Argentina: origin of the instrument
The bandoneon, according to the classification of the musicologists Eric von Hombostel and Curt Sachs, is a “portable aerophone with buttons, actuated by bellows, with simultaneous execution of both hands, by action of air under pressure with a system of metal reeds. On the right side are the so-called tuned songs and on the left side, in an octave lower, the serious ones”, according to what was reported by the Ministry of Culture of the Nation.
The origins of this instrument are believed to date back to 19th century Germany, when it was just a portable church organ. Its authorship is often attributed to luthier Heinrich Band, who created a portable instrument inspired by the concertina, to provide music for small churches that might not afford or maintain organs or harmoniums.
However, other versions state that Cyrill Demian, an Armenian inventor, organ and piano maker, patented the bandoneon on May 6, 1829 in Vienna. In addition, the invention of it is also attributed to Carl Friedrich (or Herman) “Uhlig”, he presented it in 1830 at the Liepzig Fair modifying the English concertina of hexagonal boxes.
Drummer’s Day in Argentina: why it is celebrated on July 11
On the other hand, the Day of the Drummer is celebrated in commemoration of the death of the musician Oscar Moro, in 2006.
The 58-year-old drummer passed away in Buenos Aires. He was one of the members of the legendary band Los Gatos and of Serú Girán and is considered among the best Argentine “drummers”, he played with León Gieco and the rock band Riff, among others.
Oscar Moro, one of the most influential drummers in the history of Argentine rock. (Web photo).
Oscar Moro is considered one of the most important drummers in Argentine rock following his participation in Los Gatos, Serú Girán, Color Humano, La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros and Riff, among other essential bands.
From the beat sound of Los Gatos, the psychedelia of Color Humano, the folk of PorSuiGieco, the progressive amalgamation of La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros and Serú Girán, the heavy and forceful rhythms of Riff, or the Latin influences of the duo made up of the bassist Uruguayan Beto Satragni, Moro displayed an unusual versatility, without losing the expressiveness and strength of his playing, which he showed in a particular way in the most rock-oriented passages.
The drummer also extended his imprint in works by Pastoral and solo artists such as León Gieco, Celeste Carballo, Fabiana Cantilo, Alejandro Lerner, Nito Mestre, Silvina Garré and former colleagues from various groups, such as Charly García, Pedro Aznar and Carlos Cutaia, among others. .
In commemoration of the artist, July 11 was established in Argentina as Drummer’s Day, a date to honor the performers of that instrument.
World Population Day
2022 – POPULATION DAY. World Population Day is celebrated, instituted by the United Nations (UN) in 1989 with the aim of raising awareness regarding global demographic issues.
The date was instituted in 1989, when the Earth exceeded five billion inhabitants. Earlier, in 1968, world leaders proclaimed that individuals have a basic human right to freely and responsibly determine the number and spacing of their children.
According to statistics published by the UN, in 2011 the world population reached the quota of 7,000 million people and in 2021 the figure increased to almost 7,900 million people. For 2030, the forecasts speak of 8,500 million, 9,700 million in 2050 and 10,900 million in 2100.
Other ephemeris
1930 – CARLOS GARDEL. The tango singer-songwriter Carlos Gardel visits the concentration of the Argentine national team and sings to the delight of the players and coaching staff a few days before the debut once morest France in Montevideo, match of the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay, the first World Cup for national teams.
Carlos Gardel.
1934 – GIORGIO ARMANI. The Italian fashion designer and businessman Giorgio Armani, owner of a chain of 350 clothing and perfume stores around the world, is born in the city of Piacenza (Emilia Romagna, Italy). The American magazine Forbes has considered him the most commercially successful Italian designer.
Giorgio Armani. (AP / Archive)
1959 – RICHIE SAMBORA. American musician Richie Sambora, guitarist for Bon Jovi, with whom he recorded twelve albums, was born in the city of Perth Amboy (New Jersey, USA).
1986 – ENRIQUE VILLEGAS. At the age of 72, jazz pianist Enrique “Mono” Villegas, winner of a Konex award in 1985, dies in Buenos Aires. He played at the Vélez Sársfield stadium in front of more than 20,000 spectators, a milestone in the history of recitals of jazz.
1994 – VOODOO LOUNGE. The British rock band The Rolling Stones releases “Voodoo Lounge”, their twentieth album and the first without bassist Bill Wyman. This album by “the Stones” won the 1995 Grammy Award.
2016 – JOE PERRY. In the middle of a concert by the rock band Hollywood Vampires in Coney Island (New York, USA), the American guitarist Joe Perry suffers a heart attack and falls on stage. Perry, a former member of Aerosmith, is considered by much of the critics as one of the best guitarists in the history of rock.
Joe Perry.
More ephemeris
1533.- Clement VII excommunicates King Henry VIII of England, following invalidating his marriage with Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn and breaks with Rome.
1893.- José Santos Celaya heads the liberal Revolution that brings him to power in Nicaragua following the arrest of President Salvador Machado.
1917.- Guillermo II implants universal suffrage in Prussia, through direct and secret ballot.
1924.- The Norwegian Government changes the name of the Christian capital to Oslo.
1932.- The Spanish aviator Fernando Rein Loring ends his Madrid-Manila journey by plane, which began in Getafe (central Spain).
1935.- The Constituent Assembly of Guatemala extends the mandate of the president, General Jorge Ubico, for six years.
1936.- The German Reich recognizes the complete independence of Austria.
1940.- The French National Assembly grants full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain and establishes Vichy as the seat of Government and Parliament.
1952.- Almost nine hundred allied planes bomb Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and other supply centers and a railway line.
1954.- The head of the Paraguayan Army, Alfredo Stroessner, wins the presidential elections and leads a dictatorship until 1989.
1957.- The Aga Khan IV becomes the Imam of the Ismaili Muslims.
1962.- First satellite broadcast from Telstar 1, with the transmission of an American flag from Androver, in Maine (USA), to Pleumeur-Bodou (France).
1969.- British singer David Bowie releases the song “Space Oddity”, days before Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon.
1971.- The Chilean National Congress approves the constitutional reform that allows the nationalization of copper mining, ratified days later by President Salvador Allende.
.- The Mexican Formula 1 driver Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega dies in an accident in the “Nuremberg 200 Miles” in Germany.
1972.- The World Chess Championship begins in Reykjavik, Iceland between the defender Boris Spasski, from the former USSR, and the aspirant Bobby Fischer. Fischer became champion on September 1, becoming the first American to do so.
1973.- 124 of the occupants of a Varig Boeing 707 die in the forced landing near the Parisian airport of Orly.
1975.- The general strike called by the CGT causes the fall of the Argentine Government. The president, Isabel Perón, accepts the salary demands and her minister José López Rega leaves the country.
.- They announce the discovery of more than 7,000 sculptures of terracotta warriors from Xi’an (China), found a year earlier.
1982.- Italy wins the World Cup by defeating the FRG (3-1) in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid.
1983.- The 119 occupants of an Ecuadorian TAME plane that crashed near Cuenca (central Spain) died.
1991.- A total eclipse of the Sun leaves in the dark a strip 250 kilometers wide by 10,000 long, from the Hawaiian Islands to Brazil.
.- The 261 occupants of a Nigerian plane die shortly following taking off from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).
1992.- The General Synod of the Anglican Church approves that women can exercise the priesthood.
1995.- 8,000 people are assassinated in Srebrenica, a Bosnian town with a Muslim majority, by the Serbs of General Ratko Mladic.
2000.- Some thirty heads of state unanimously approve in Lomé (Togo) the creation of the African Union.
.- The Peruvian military Justice sentences Ernestina Hinostroza, “comrade Marcia”, political leader of Sendero Luminoso, to life imprisonment.
2001.- Calm is restored in Kingston (Jamaica) following three days of violence, in which 24 people die.
2005.- The first homosexual wedding is celebrated in Tres Cantos (Madrid), between Emilio Menéndez and Carlos Baturín.
2006.- A wave of attacks on seven suburban trains in Bombay (India) causes 185 deaths and more than 700 injuries.
2010.- The Spanish soccer team is proclaimed champion of the World Cup in South Africa by beating the Netherlands (1-0).
.- 76 people died in the attacks in two places in Kampala (Uganda), when they were watching the World Cup final.
2011.- The surgeon Pedro Cavadas performs the first bilateral leg transplant in the world at the La Fe hospital in Valencia (Spain).
2015.- Second prison break from a Mexican prison of drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
2017.- Donald Trump Jr., son of the US president, publishes the emails that reveal that he sought Russian support to damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
2021.- Cuba registers the most serious citizen protests since the 1990s, encouraged by the economic and health situation in the country.
BIRTHS
1561.- Luis de Góngora y Argote, Spanish poet.
1920.- Yul Brynner, American actor.
1934.- Giorgio Armani, Italian designer and couturier.
1958.- Hugo Sánchez, Mexican soccer player and coach.
1959.- Suzanne Vega, American singer.
1963.- Manuel Marrero, Cuban Prime Minister.
1972.- Henrique Capriles, Venezuelan politician.
1979.- Eric Abidal, former French soccer player
DEATHS
1920.- María Eugenia de Palafox-Portocarrero, Eugenia de Montijo, Spanish and French Empress.
1937.- George Gershwin, American composer.
1974.- Par Lagerkvist, Swedish writer and Nobel Prize winner in 1951.
1976.- León de Greiff, Colombian poet.
1989.- Laurence Olivier, British actor.
2003.- María Mercedes Carranza, Colombian poet.
2007.- Alfonso López Michelsen, former president of Colombia.
2014.- Tommy Ramone, member and founder of the rock band Ramones.
2015.- Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman and president of Nintendo.
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