“Recuerdo” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica, 1944.

The tango piece “Recuerdo”, a family secret

The tango piece “Recuerdo” was born at a time when the genre grew and evolved constantly, when the inspiration of the composers seemed infinite, so much so that today it would be difficult to choose a «hinge», a milestone, from which one concludes that there is a time before and a time after some or other piece.

However, we can say that “Alma de bohemio” (1914) by Roberto Firpo is an indubitable mark of an avant-garde creation because of the originality of its melodic structure and the complex density of its music that foretell us the appearance of a tango more polished, of a modern tango. The same happens with “Recuerdo” ten years later, with the difference that it bore lyrics almost since its inception and these words also influenced, finally, on the musical result of the piece. Let us remember that the lines by Juan Andrés Caruso for “Alma de bohemio” date back to 1929, that is to say, fifteen years after its creation. Continue reading at www.todotango.com…

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