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“Anselmo Acuña el resero” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943 (English translation).

“Anselmo Acuña el resero” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943 (English translation).

Jilguero Común

“Anselmo Acuña, the herdsman”

Music: Félix Laurenz / Pedro Casella. Lyrics: Luis Caruso.

Anselmo Acuña, the herdsman,
when he feels like a singer
in his humility as a sparrow,
he has the soul of a goldfinch.

Neither sluggish nor lazy
meek and strong as an ox
Anselmo Acuña, the herdsman,
he is a reliable man.

Herds, herds, herds,
don’t cry for her, my heart …

Sibling of the stars
were her eyes,
two black silk braids,
crowned his head,
and her mouth was a breva fig
with a cherry wound.
Why increase sadness …
don’t cry her, my heart.

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We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

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“Escúchame Manón” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Chanel in vocals, 1947 (English translation).

“Escúchame Manón” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Chanel in vocals, 1947 (English translation).

Listen to me Manón

Music: Francisco Pracánico. Lyrics: Roberto Chanel / Claudio Frollo.

When you know that my love is full of truth
your fear, your indifference will pass.
The love that I gave you nestled in my chest,
Don’t you feel sad you may die of pain?
Round my nights, your wavy hair
and the sweetness of your voice caress me.
While the light that is reflected in your pupils
tells me: my heart is yours.

Listen to me Manón, and let yourself be loved,
remove your stubborn concern, your suffering.
The future is ours, I see it in your eyes,
I see my hopes of loving in you.

My dreams return; you appear in my life
and accuse me of the sadness in your voice.
I feel the torture of jealousy
in my soul, and my heart suffers a lot.

More Argentine Tango lyrics

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes music

  • Spotify

We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

Ver este artículo en español

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“Tango, Our Dance”, Argentine Tango documentary.

Learn more about Argentine Tango watching: “Tango, bayle nuestro”

“Tango, Our Dance” (English Subtitled)

Interviews with milongueros, Argentine Tango masters and performers in 1987.

Director Jorge Zanada spent years researching and recording the Tango’s place in Argentine culture.

The sensuality and stylized ritual of the tango are captured in this illuminating documentary.

Most riveting are the milongueros-the amateur dancers who preserve the pure, traditional steps.

Their intimate stories about their personal experiences reveal the intensity that feed their individual Tango styles.

Numerous tango aficionados, including actors Robert Duvall and Juan Carlos Copes (star of Broadway’s TANGO ARGENTINO), make special appearances. A passionate valentine to what Martha Graham called “the most beautiful dance of this century.”

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“Mentira” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1945.

“Mentira” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1945.

Francisco Pracánico

Pianist, composer and leader (May 15, 1898 – December 30, 1971)

Today he is remembered more as a composer than an interpreter, undoubtedly due to the difficulty in finding the recordings of his orchestra. 

All his compositions are memorable pages, often possessing a sorrowful melody of rare and precious nostalgia.

As an orchestra conductor, he kept his style unaltered, with certain similarities to several orchestras of the period, as suitable for dancers as for those who wanted to listen to a fashionable record comfortably at home.

Read more about Francisco Pracánico at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

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We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

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“Racing Club” by Alfredo Gobbi y su Orquesta Típica, 1949.

“Racing Club” by Alfredo Gobbi y su Orquesta Típica, 1949.

Alfredo Gobbi, Argentine Tango musician

Alfredo Gobbi

Violinist, leader and composer (14 May 1912 – 21 May 1965)

The multiple facets of Alfredo Gobbi’s personality —composer, violinist, arranger, and orchestra leader— granted him well-deserved and indisputable recognition among Tango’s most qualified and essential music interpreters.

Because Alfredo Gobbi —The Romantic Violin of Tango— not only bore the responsibility of an inherited prestigious artistic name.

He brought the very personal creation of a Tango style.

So he established a different way of feeling and expressing Tango.

Read more about Alfredo Gobbi at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes music

  • Spotify

We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

Ver este artículo en español

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