{"id":3259,"date":"2011-08-18T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T20:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2011-08-18T16:51:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T20:51:59","slug":"la-voz-y-el-instrumento-carlos-gardel-y-el-bandoleon-el-tango-argentino-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/la-voz-y-el-instrumento-carlos-gardel-y-el-bandoleon-el-tango-argentino-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"La voz, y el instrumento: Carlos Gardel y el bandone\u00f3n. (El tango argentino II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>\u201cMi pa\u00eds es el tango y su capital las calles de Corrientes.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Puede parecer que me olvid\u00e9 de dos elementos fundamentales al hablar del tango, pero no es as\u00ed: el bandone\u00f3n, y Carlos Gardel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">El bandone\u00f3n es un instrumento de viento similar a la concertina o el acorde\u00f3n, que obtuvo su nombre del m\u00fasico y comerciante alem\u00e1n Heinrich Band. Cuando naci\u00f3 el tango, se tocaba por peque\u00f1os grupos de gente con violines, flautas y guitarras. Si no ten\u00edan guitarra, el sonido usado era el que se produc\u00eda usando un peine y un papel de fumar (\u00bfalguna vez lo escuchasteis?).\u00a0 El bandone\u00f3n fue introducido en Argentina por inmigrantes europeos a finales del siglo XIX, convirti\u00e9ndose en el sustituto de la flauta, y el instrumento ligado a este baile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">El tango es famoso no solo por su m\u00fasica, sino tambi\u00e9n por sus letras. Y si pensamos en cantantes, la figura m\u00e1s prominente es la de Carlos Gardel. Apodado \u201cel Zorzal criollo\u201d, este cantante franc\u00e9s de nacimiento comenz\u00f3 su carrera formando parte del un dueto con Jos\u00e9 Razzano, y cantando canciones folkl\u00f3ricas en bares y fiestas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jam\u00e1s cantado antes de Gardel, el tango no ten\u00eda letra. \u00c9l decidi\u00f3 poner letra a m\u00fasica ya existente, y cre\u00f3 el tango como canci\u00f3n: su \u00e9xito de 1917 \u201cMi noche triste\u201d vendi\u00f3 m\u00e1s de 10.000 copias. Su carisma y su particular voz fueron elementos clave en su \u00e9xito internacional como cantante y actor, desde Madrid a Par\u00eds, hasta Nueva Cork. De la mano de Gardel, el tango dej\u00f3 de ser un baile de la clase baja para ser un \u00e9xito en los clubes de la alta sociedad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Por desgracia, perdi\u00f3 su vida en un accidente de avi\u00f3n en 1935, dej\u00e1ndonos canciones tan inmortales como \u201cCaminito\u201d, \u201cEl d\u00eda que me quieras\u201d, \u201cSilencio\u201d, y unas quinientas m\u00e1s. Su leyenda es tan grande en Argentina que uno de sus devotos fans pone cada d\u00eda su m\u00fasica, y coloca un cigarrillo encendido en la mano de la estatua que guarda su tumba.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Volver<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yo adivino el parpadeo<br \/>\nde las luces que a lo lejos,<br \/>\nvan marcando mi retorno&#8230;<br \/>\nSon las mismas que alumbraron,<br \/>\ncon sus p\u00e1lidos reflejos,<br \/>\nhondas horas de dolor.<br \/>\nY aunque no quise el regreso,<br \/>\nsiempre se vuelve al primer amor.<br \/>\nLa quieta calle donde el eco dijo:<br \/>\nTuya es su vida, tuyo es su querer,<br \/>\nbajo el burl\u00f3n mirar de las estrellas<br \/>\nque con indiferencia hoy me ven volver&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Volver,<br \/>\ncon la frente marchita,<br \/>\nlas nieves del tiempo<br \/>\nplatearon mi sien&#8230;<br \/>\nSentir&#8230; que es un soplo la vida,<br \/>\nque veinte anos no es nada,<br \/>\nque febril la mirada<br \/>\nerrante en la sombras<br \/>\nte busca y te nombra.<br \/>\nVivir,<br \/>\ncon el alma aferrada<br \/>\na un dulce recuerdo,<br \/>\nque lloro otra vez&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Tengo miedo del encuentro<br \/>\ncon el pasado que vuelve<br \/>\na enfrentarse con mi vida&#8230;<br \/>\nTengo miedo de las noches<br \/>\nque, pobladas de recuerdos,<br \/>\nencadenan mi sonar&#8230;<br \/>\nPero el viajero que huye<br \/>\ntarde o temprano detiene su andar&#8230;<br \/>\nY aunque el olvido, que todo destruye,<br \/>\nhaya matado mi vieja ilusion,<br \/>\nguardo escondida una esperanza humilde<br \/>\nque es toda la fortuna de mi corazon.<\/p>\n<p>Vivir&#8230; con el alma aferrada<br \/>\na un dulce recuerdo<br \/>\nque lloro otra vez&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carlos Gardel - Volver - Tango\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I5JQ1m3mxKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;My country is the tango and its capital is the <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Corrientes<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> street&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It may seem that I have forgotten two main elements when talking about tango, but I have not: the bandoneon, and Carlos Gardel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The bandoneon is a wind instrument similar to the concertina or the accordion, named after the German musician and merchant Heinrich Band. When the tango was born, it was played by small groups of people with violins, flutes and guitars. If there was no guitar, the accompanying sound was the one produced using a comb and a cigarette paper (have you ever heard of that?). \u00a0The bandoneon was brought to Argentina by European immigrants at the end of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, becoming the substitute of the flute, and the instrument associated to this dance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tango is not only famous for its music, but also its lyrics. And if we think about singers, the most prominent figure is that of Carlos Gardel. Nicknamed \u201cthe Criolle Thrush\u201d, this French-born singer started his career being part of a duet with Jos\u00e9 Razzano, and singing folk songs in bars and parties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Never sung before Gardel, the tango had no lyrics. He decided to write lyrics to existing music, and he created the tango-song: his 1917 hit \u201cMi noche triste\u201d (My sad night) sold more than 10,000 copies. His charisma and his particular voice were main elements for his international success as both singer and actor, from Madrid to Paris, and New York. By the hand of Gardel, tango was no more a working class dance, but a hit in high society nightclubs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Unfortunately, he lost his life in a plane crash in 1935, leaving us such immortal songs as \u201cLittle path\u201d, \u201cThe day you love me\u201d, \u201cSilence\u201d, and about five hundred more. His legend is so big in Argentina that one of his devoted fans, plays his music every day, and puts a lit cigarette in the hand of his statue guarding his tomb.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To return<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I imagine the flickering<br \/>\nof the lights that in the distance<br \/>\nwill be marking my return.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re the same that lit,<br \/>\nwith their pale reflections,<br \/>\ndeep hours of pain<br \/>\nAnd even though I didn&#8217;t want to come back,<br \/>\nyou always return to your first love<br \/>\nThe tranquil street where the echo said<br \/>\nyours is her life, yours is her love,<br \/>\nunder the mocking gaze of the stars<br \/>\nthat, with indifference, today see me return.<\/p>\n<p>To return<br \/>\nwith withered face,<br \/>\nthe snows of time<br \/>\nhave whitened my temples.<br \/>\nTo feel&#8230; that life is a puff of wind,<br \/>\nthat twenty years is nothing,<br \/>\nthat the feverish look,<br \/>\nwandering in the shadow,<br \/>\nlooks for you and names you.<br \/>\nTo live&#8230;<br \/>\nwith the soul clutched<br \/>\nto a sweet memory<br \/>\nthat I cry once again<\/p>\n<p>I am afraid of the encounter<br \/>\nwith the past that returns<br \/>\nto confront my life<br \/>\nI am afraid of the nights<br \/>\nthat, filled with memories,<br \/>\nshackle my dreams.<br \/>\nBut the traveler that flees<br \/>\nsooner or later stops his walking<br \/>\nAnd although forgetfulness, which destroys all,<br \/>\nhas killed my old dream,<br \/>\nI keep concealed a humble hope<br \/>\nthat is my heart&#8217;s whole fortune.<\/p>\n<p>To live&#8230; with the soul clutched<br \/>\nto a sweet memory<br \/>\nthat I cry once again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMi pa\u00eds es el tango y su capital las calles de Corrientes.\u201d Puede parecer que me olvid\u00e9 de dos elementos fundamentales al hablar del tango, pero no es as\u00ed: el bandone\u00f3n, y Carlos Gardel. 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