Here's another piece on the dissolution of Juan D'Arienzo's first orchestra in early 1940, and the bandleader's plans for going forward. This one's from "Antena" magazine.
"...Juan D'Arienzo has formed his new orchestra. We saw him a few nights ago on Corrientes Street. In D'Arienzo we observed not the slightest sign of worry or disquiet. Smiling and optimistic as always, he spoke to us about his stay in Montevideo and his satisfaction with the experiences he'd had during the summer.
"We spoke, and very superficially to be sure, about his return to the microphone of Radio El Mundo. Juan D'Arienzo is in no hurry to return. He worked a lot over the last year, and during this summer his work has also been quite intensive. A man who works that hard has the right to rest, and that's exactly what Juan D'Arienzo is planning to do. Of course the outfitting of his new orchestra concerns him as be the case for must one who must maintain such a quasi-mythical reputation and prestige....
"As for the singer, and D'Arienzo didn't say this, it seems that it will not be Carlos Varela, as he at first indicated. Now it's said that the vocal collaborator of the D'Arienzo orchestra will be the Uruguayan singer who has for some years been known by the pseudonym of "The Red Prince."*
"This in summary is what as of now we can anticipate concerning the new orchestra formed by Juan D'Arienzo, whose popularity and admiration among the public has been heightened during this period."
* "Red Prince": Alberto Reynal, itself a pseudonym of Enzo Gagliostro. Reynal did in fact sing with D'Arienzo, recording his first side with the band on 1940-04-12 and his last on 1942-04-29. [See Alberto Reynal discography]
[Translation and note by Tango Decoder]
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