Songs
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Malena (1941): the story behind Homero Manzi's tango
Who was Malena? The origins of the 1941 tango by Homero Manzi and Lucio Demare, its first recordings with Aníbal Troilo and Francisco Fiorentino, and the film El viejo Hucha.
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Pedro Ochoa: Tango and Football – a long relationship
Introduction The relationship between Tango and football is deeply intertwined in both the Argentine and Uruguayan cultures. Both tango and football are integral parts of their identities, and they share a common passion and intensity. Little surprisingly, there are several Tango songs about football, including the song “Patadura” about Pedro Ochoa, which we will looka … Read more
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Cambalache
“Cambalache” is an Argentine tango composed in 1934 by Enrique Santos Discépolo and premiered at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Maipo, with its first performance by Sofía “La Negra” Bozán. The song, exclusively authored by Discépolo, was part of the film “El alma del bandoneón.” In the movie, released the following year, Ernesto Famá performed the tango … Read more