One of the few tangos to present race as a theme is this gem of a song by Horacio Sanguinetti, whose lyrics portrayed the black experience in Buenos Aires alongside his other preferred themes, the sea…
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The tango lyrics of Horacio Sanguinetti have a particular combination of qualities, which distill all the features and conventions of the romantic tango into the poetic capsule of song…
Songs of the sea and the shipping trade figure prominently in the tango songbook, being such a defining feature of the port city of Buenos Aires. And among the many maritime tangos we find “Tristeza marina,” whose music and words come together to form a true gem of the song, one of the finest in the genre.
With its story of traveling to an abandoned house, and its imagery of snow and rose bushes, Horacio Sanguinetti’s lyric for the tango “Nada” evokes the scenery of Argentina’s interior…