Tango Animation Not :: A Evaristo Carriego (a compendium)

Nice animation, but not tango. The song is "A Evaristo Carriego", an instrumental by composer Eduardo Rovira, dedicated to the Argentine "Arrabalero" poet, who was born in 1883 and died in 1912. His wiki page says that his poetry influenced tango lyrics over the years. Pugliese first arranged and recorded it in 1969, and if you look it up on iTunes, there are three dozen or so nuevo orquestras who have covered/recorded it. I'm sure there are tons of results on YouTube. Avail thyself. Keep scrolling. Tons more info below the titular video.

Nice song.



From the I Like Tango YouTube video: "A EVARISTO CARRIEGO", Tango composed by EDUARDO OSCAR ROVIRA (1925-1980) La Orquesta de Tango de FOREVER TANGO estaba formada por once músicos argentinos: 4 bandoneones (liderados por Víctor Lavallén), 2 violines, viola, violonchelo, contrabajo, teclado y piano (Fernando Marzán).



Here's an (audio only) version with Pugliese and Piazzolla supposedly playing live in Amsterdam in 1989.



Here they are, Pugliese and Piazzolla, live in Amsterdam (1989), in some crude footage performing"La Yumba" and Piazzolla's "Adios Nonino", with a very big orquestra. Pugliese died just over six years after this, in July of 1995.



Here's Pugliese and his orquestra performing live at Teatro Colon in BsAs in December of 1985.




And here are Carlos Gavito and Marcella Duran peforming to "A Evaristo Carriego" at the Boston Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops and the Forever Tango Orquestra in 1998. What self=respecting tango afficionado hasn't watched this one a few times? Marcella Duran. Sheesh, man.




This appears to be the 1969 version, on YouTube. I can't seem to find this version anywhere - to purchase.



Here's "La Calle Junto La Luna", an Argentine romantic drama from 1951 - about the life of poet Evaristo Carriego...

Sinopsis: La vida del célebre poeta del barrio de Palermo: Evaristo Carriego, interpretado magistralmente por Narciso Ibáñez Menta. Una estampa única del Buenos Aires a comienzos del siglo XX, la lucha de un poeta del suburbio de entonces que pintó como nadie las simplezas y dolores de la gente. Un film para volver a revivir y comprender la historia de un Buenos Aires intelectual y el desarrollo de su música popular. En la fotografía vemos a la pareja estelar de la película: Diana Ingro y Narciso Ibáñez Menta




Then there's this from the TodoTango website:

Evaristo Carriego, un poeta arrabalero

rasladada su familia a Buenos Aires, vivió en la calle Honduras N° 84 (hoy 3784), del barrio de Palermo. Desde muy joven frecuentó las tertulias literarias porteñas, en las que gravitaban Rubén Darío y Almafuerte.

Escribió en diversas publicaciones de la época, como La Protesta, Papel y Tinta, Caras y Caretas, y otras. En ellas dio a conocer también sus poesías y cuentos breves. Publicó su primer libro de poemas, Misas herejes, en 1908 y su restante obra poética fue publicada después de su muerte con el título La canción del barrio.

Carriego fue quien descubrió las posibilidades líricas del arrabal y de los arquetipos que constituirán su mitología personal y porteña, en la que destacan los guapos, los cafés, el barrio y los vecinos, con sus tristezas y sus alegrías, pintándonos toda una época, una geografía, un sentir humano. Obra que ha sido decisiva para la poesía porteñista posterior y para las letras de tango.

Murió a causa de una peritonitis apendicular, según consta en certificado firmado por el Dr. Pedro Galli. Tenía 29 años. Fue el «poeta del suburbio», el «poeta de los humildes», el «poeta de Palermo».

El 7 de mayo de 1975 se fundó la Asociación Amigos de la Casa de Evaristo Carriego, que presidió el pintor palermitano José María Mieravilla, a quien se debe, en gran parte, la conservación de dicha casa. Fue Presidente Honorario de esa entidad, a la que tuve el honor de pertenecer, el escritor Jorge Luis Borges.

Google Translation:

Evaristo Carriego, an arrabalero poet

Rasladada?? his family to Buenos Aires, he lived in Calle Honduras N ° 84 (today 3784), in the neighborhood of Palermo. From very young frequented the literary gatherings Porteñas, which gravitated Ruben Dario and Almafuerte.

He wrote in various publications of the time, such as protest, paper and ink, faces and masks, and others. In them he also announced his poems and short stories. It published its first book of poems, Masses heretics, in 1908 and its remaining poetic work was published after its death with the title The song of the quarter.

Riego was the one who discovered the lyrical possibilities of the suburbs and the archetypes that will constitute their personal and porteño mythology, in which the handsome, the cafes, the neighborhood and the neighbors stand out, with their sadness and their joys, pintándonos a whole period, a Geography, a human feeling. Work that has been decisive for the poetry porteñista posterior and for the lyrics of tango.

He died because of a appendicular peritonitis, according to a certificate signed by Dr. Pedro Galli. I was 29 years old. It was the "poet of the suburb", the «poet of the humble», the «Poet of Palermo».

On May 7, 1975 the association was founded friends of the House of Evaristo Riego, which was chaired by the painter Palermitano José María Mieravilla, who is due in large part to the conservation of the house. He was honorary president of that entity, to which I had the honor of belonging, the writer Jorge Luis Borges.


Here's a search on his poetry.

And lastly, this, on Scribd, which appears to be a pretty comprehensive collection of his poems, in Spanish (232pp).






I think this fucking post took me two hours to put together...(grin)