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La cumparsita
1916 tango by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Pascual Contursi, and Enrique Pedro Maroni
For other uses, see La cumparsita (disambiguation).
"La cumparsita" (little street procession, a grammatical diminutive of la comparsa) is a tango written in 1916 by the Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, with lyrics by Argentines Pascual Contursi and Enrique Pedro Maroni [es].
It is among the most famous and recognizable tangos of all time.[1][2]Roberto Firpo, director and pianist of the orchestra that premiered the song, added parts of his tangos "La gaucha Manuela" and "Curda completa" to Matos' carnival march ("La cumparsita"), resulting in "La cumparsita" as it is currently known.[3][4] "La cumparsita" was first played in public in the old Café La Giralda in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The Tango Museum of Montevideo stands currently on that site.[5]
The title translates as "the little parade", and the first