Episode 3 of Tangos Despreciados. This time: European tangos, tangos that the cultural elite in Argentina looked down on.
The tango originated from a melting pot of musical influences from South America, Europe and Africa. Even after the tango had taken its form, influences continued to flow back and forth between the Rio de la Plata basin and continental Europe. In different periods Argentinean and Uruguayan orchestras played in Europe, often in Paris. They also regularly took ‘European’ tunes back to Buenos Aires. But these were – and are – not always welcomed…
Three gauchos in Paris: Rafael, Juan and Francisco Canaro (1925). In those days in Paris, Argentine musicians had to perform in folkloric attire, because otherwise the French musicians feared too much competition.
- Ojos negros que fascinan, Francisco Canaro, 1935
- Gitana Rusa, Ricardo Malerba,1942
- Grzech, Janusz Poplawski, 1938
- Son nefes, Ibrahim Özgür, 1939
- Viejo Gaucho, Rafael Canaro, 1939
- La mélodie de notre adieu, Rafael Canaro, 1936
- Je te dirai, Carlos Gardel, 1931
- Un violón en la noche, Mario Melfi, 1936
- Isla de Capri, Osvaldo Fresedo, 1935
- Dolores, Los provincianos, 1931
- Las espigadores, Enrique Rodríguez, 1938
- Los piconeros, Enrique Rodríguez, 1939
- Poema, Francisco Canaro, 1935
- Taita, Orquesta Bianco-Bachicha, 1926
- Bandoneón Arrabalero, Carlos Gardel, 1928
- Chau, París, Astor Piazzolla & Octeto Buenos Aires, 1955
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). In the 1950s, he studied in Paris and was motivated by his teacher Nadia Boulanger to immerse himself in the tango.
