E. S. Discépolo created this touching title song for the 1935 film El Alma Del Bandoneón from director Mario Soffici. The film also features Discépolo’s epoch-making protest tango “Cambalache.”
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Luis César Amadori
Unlike most tangos, “Madreselva” brings a woman’s experience into the limelight. Debuted on stage in 1931, it became the title song of the 1938 film Madreselva starring the great Libertad Lamarque, and directed by lyricist Luis Cesár Amadori.