La Cumparsita - Gerardo Matos Rodriguez

Video was extracted of the film “Tango“ by Carlos Saura (recommended) Biographia Gerardo Hernan Matos Rodríguez (March 28, 1897 April 25, 1948) Montevideo, Uruguay, also known as Becho, was an Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist. Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez was born in Montevideo, the son of the owner of the Moulin Rougle, a popular local cabaret. He studied architecture, but did not complete the course. He began composing as a young student in 1917, and his first known work, La Cumparsita, which he wrote on the piano at the Club Nacional de Football Clubhouse (a famous Uruguayan soccer team). It became one of the most recognizable tango pieces, though ironically, Matos was initially too shy to play the piece himself, and it became well-known through the performance of others. He travelled widely throughout Europe and stayed in Paris for a time, as well as working as Uruguayan consul to Germany. In 1931 he collaborated on the flm score for Luces