La Cumparsita by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
La Cumparsita is a tango composed by the Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. Written in the mid-1910s, it has become one of the most widely recognized pieces in the tango repertoire. The piece began as an instrumental written by a young Matos Rodríguez and was later performed and published in the tango world. Lyrics were added by other writers in the years that followed, giving the work both an instrumental and a sung history. The selected catalog item is a community piano solo arrangement. Its keyboard version belongs to that arrangement rather than to the earliest performances of the tango.
About La Cumparsita
La Cumparsita is a tango composed by the Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. Written in the mid-1910s, it has become one of the most widely recognized pieces in the tango repertoire.
The piece began as an instrumental written by a young Matos Rodríguez and was later performed and published in the tango world. Lyrics were added by other writers in the years that followed, giving the work both an instrumental and a sung history.
The selected catalog item is a community piano solo arrangement. Its keyboard version belongs to that arrangement rather than to the earliest performances of the tango.