1890 · 1935
Carlos Gardel
The Creole Thrush. The Dark Boy from the Abasto. The voice that turned tango into song and carried it from the cafés of Buenos Aires to the world.
Biography
From Toulouse to the Abasto neighborhood, the duo with José Razzano, films in Paris and New York, and the tragic end in Medellín.
02Songs
Mi Buenos Aires querido, Volver, Por una cabeza, El día que me quieras: tangos still played almost a century later.
03Tango
From the outskirts to the ballroom: what Argentine tango is, and why the sung tango was born with Mi noche triste.
04Buenos Aires
Walk through Gardel's city: his house museum in the Abasto, his tomb in Chacarita, and the places where tango is danced today.
“Cada día canta mejor.”
“He sings better every day”: a popular saying in the River Plate region, meaning Gardel's voice only grows with time.