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"Mi noche triste" ('My sad night') was the first tango the singer Carlos Gardel recorded. Pascual Contursi wrote the lyrics and Samuel Castriota the music. In 1952 it was the basis of a film of the same name by Lucas Demare. [1]
Its music was composed in 1915 by Samuel Castriota (1885–1932) as an instrumental tango, originally named Lita, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Soon after, Pascual Contursi (1888–1932) wrote the lyrics without the composer's permission in Montevideo, Uruguay, and named it "Percanta que me amuraste". Carlos Gardel heard that song and performed it in Buenos Aires on January 3, 1917, at the Esmeralda Theater. It was the first time a tango had serious, emotional lyrics sung with it. Gardel first recorded this song with José Ricardo on guitar, on the Odeon label in (1917). Gardel re-recorded it with Odeon in April 1930. Gardel helped to reach an agreement between Contursi and Castriota about a copyright controversy.
With "Mi noche triste", the birth of sentimental tango took place. Nostalgic, melodramatic, and sad, the new lyrics and the music embodied Buenos Aires and its people. Contursi had written a melodramatic story that rejected lovers could identify with.
Carlos Gardel was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential interpreters of world popular music in the first half of the 20th century. Gardel is the most famous popular tango singer of all time and is recognized throughout the world. He was notable for his baritone voice and the dramatic phrasing of his lyrics. Together with lyricist and long-time collaborator Alfredo Le Pera, Gardel wrote several classic tangos.
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Aníbal Carmelo Troilo, also known as Pichuco, was an Argentine tango musician.
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Samuel Castriota was an Argentinian pianist, guitarist and composer. He is the composer of the tango Mi noche triste, among other works.
Pascual Contursi was an Argentine poet, singer, and guitarist. He composed lyrics for 33 tango compositions – many well-known.
"La cumparsita" is a tango written in 1916 by the Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, with lyrics by Argentines Pascual Contursi and Enrique Pedro Maroni. It is among the most famous and recognizable tangos of all time. Roberto Firpo, director and pianist of the orchestra that premiered the song, added parts of his tangos "La gaucha Manuela" and "Curda completa" to Matos' carnival march, resulting in "La cumparsita" as it is currently known. "La cumparsita" was first played in public in the old Café La Giralda in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Tango Museum of Montevideo stands currently on that historic spot.
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Horacio Ferrer was a Uruguayan-Argentine poet, broadcaster, reciter and tango lyricist. He is particularly well known for having composed the lyrics for tangos by Astor Piazzolla, such as Balada para un loco and Chiquilín de Bachín.
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