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Don Juan (Ernesto Ponzio song)

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Don Juan —or Don Juan (el taita del barrio)— is an Argentinian tango, whose music was composed (at least in his greater part) by Ernesto Ponzio, and afterwards his letter was written by Ricardo Podestá. The date of creation (in particular, of the music) can be indicated so ancient like 1898, or 1910 according to his date of recording, and in SADAIC was registered in 1941 (but it is necessary to take into account that this entity had been founded less than a decade before).

History

There are several versions on the origin of the song, as well as of his title; almost all coincide in that it was composed in Mamita, and is usually agreed that it was during the year 1898.

According to a relate of the magazine Music and Art of October 1934, Asdrúbal Noble relates the following event become in Mamita:

A different history is the one who explains the violinist Francisco Mastrazzi, the one who affirms that a greater brother of he was present in this moment. The main difference in his version is that the one who initiated the composition did not play it in a piano, but in a guitar.

Another detail that circulates is that the title originally was El panzudo (The fat man), endorsed by the guitarist Eusebio Aspiazu, because it was devoted to a very fat person that was a regular of the boliches.

Dedication note

As it consigns the book «One hundred fundamental tangos», the composer attached the following dedication note in one of the last editions:

First recorded tango

As the author Oscar de Priore said, the "Pibe" Ernesto Ponzio (the composer) would have affirmed that this work was the first Argentinian tango. However, there are not indications that it have been that way, but rather of the contrary. What is remarkable is that, beside the tango Rosendo, correspond to the first tangos that have been recorded by a typical orchestra of tango. The same was recorded in 1910, by the Creole Typical Orchestra Vicente Greco.

Structure

In spite of having been composed and premièred inside the period of the Guardia Vieja, the song presents a structure divided in two parts, and no in three as it accustomed in said period.

References

  1. ^ Selles, Roberto, «Don Juan - Historia del tango “Don Juan”», Todo Tango, consultado el 17/12/2015 
  2. «Repartos obra nº 4», SADAIC, 15292, consultado el 17/12/2015 
  3. «Don Juan - tango.info/spa», Tango.info, consultado el 17/12/2015 
  4. Portogalo, José (1972), «Buenos Aires: tango y literatura», Historia popular: Vida y milagros de nuestro pueblo (Centro Editor de América Latina): 104, consultado el 17/12/2015 
  5. ^ del Priore, Oscar (2011), Cien tangos fundamentales, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina, p. 21, consultado el 17/12/2015 
  6. Amuchastegui, Irene (28/09/1997), «El día que el tango tuvo nombre», Diario Clarín (Clarín), consultado el 17/12/2015 
  7. Binda, Enrique, «La primera grabación de una Orquesta Típica», Todo Tango, consultado el 17/12/2015 
  8. Protto, Eduardo, Naderías y maravillas, Lulu.com, p. 51, ISBN 9780557483792, consultado el 17/12/2015 

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