Ethnic - Tango - Por Una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel (1935)

Ethnic - Tango - Por Una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel (1935) An instrumental arrangement based on a midi sequence Notes: “Por una cabeza“, meaning “by a head [of a horse]“ in Spanish, is one of the most famous and popular Argentine tangos with music by Carlos Gardel and lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera, written in 1935. Alfredo Le Pera was a Brazilian from São Paulo, the most Italian-influenced area in Brazil, and also the birthplace of Zequinha de Abreu, composer of Tico-Tico no Fubá. Le Pera died along with Gardel in the same airplane crash in Medellín (Colombia), on June 24, 1935. The lyrics of the song talk about a compulsive horse-track gambler who compares his addiction for horses with his attraction to women. Por una cabeza The tango has since been performed by numerous tango orchestras and is commonly featured in films and television. Tango scenes with “Por una cabeza“ appear in Planet 51, Schindler’s List, Scent of a Woman, Delicatessen, T