Pascual Contursi

Date of birth

18 Nov 1888

139 years ago at Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Pascual Contursi was a well-known Argentine tango playwright, musician and lyricist. He was the author of several tango lyrics, among which "Mi noche triste" stands out, considered the first tango-song and performed by Carlos Gardel in 1917.

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