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La Cumparsita (arrangement for guitar) by J.L. Merlin - download
José Luis Merlin's arrangement for guitar of a legendary tango "La cumparsita" is a bright example how music can naturally and beautifully connect different cultures, traditions, continents, mentalities etc... It illustrates as well that one guitar in the hands of a real Master can really be a ''small orchestra'', capable and competent to convey to a careful listener perfectly the musical ideas and various colors, which were initially meant to be conveyed by many instruments taken together...
In this particular version Maestro Merlin gives a faster tempo to the piece in purpose - in due respect to its origins of a marching melody:
"La cumparsita" is a tango which was originally a Uruguayan carnival march, the melody for which was composed in early 1916 by an architecture student in Montevideo, an 18-year-old man named Gerardo Hernán "Becho" Matos Rodríguez.
Now 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 to the Matos' carnival march ("La Cumparsita"), parts of his tangos "La Gaucha Manuela" and "Curda Completa". And then, "La cumparsita" was composed as it's known from then until now.
The title translates as "the little parade", and the first version was a tune with no lyrics. Later, Pascual Contursi wrote words to make the most popular version of the song. The lyrics begin: "The little parade of endless miseries..."
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