Pascual Contursi

Pascual Contursi

Birth : 1888-11-18, Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Death : 1932-05-29

History

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.

Profile

Pascual Contursi

Movies

La vieja música
Songs
The new coach of the basketball team of Lugo arrives from Uruguay. He really knows nothing about training a basketball team so he keeps the previous coach on and in the meantime tries to learn from videos and books, but his real reason for coming to Spain was to find out about an old lost love.
Mi noche triste
Original Music Composer
The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.
Mi noche triste
Author
The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.
Corrientes, calle de ensueños
Songs
Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.
Pobre mi madre querida
Writer
Contrary to the principles of his mother and sister, a boy falls in love with a woman of light life.
Peluquería de señoras
Original Music Composer
A neighborhood hairdresser suddenly becomes a boxing champion and abandons his girlfriend to get engaged to a star.
If I Were Rich
Original Music Composer
A screwball comedy about a young barrio songstress and pickpocket who, while escaping after nicking a woman's wallet, is hired to model for an agency. There she discovers a new world when she mixes with the rich and finds love among them.
La vida es un tango
Original Music Composer
Romance - with its ruptures and reunions - between a girl and a boy who want to succeed with the tango.