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El último organito · Héctor Grané · 1957

Héctor GranéCarlos Marcotango
Music by Acho Manzi, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1949–1957.

Pinned at 1957 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Héctor Grané recordings indexed 1955–1959

The work

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Music
Acho Manzi
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1949 to 1957.

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1940’50
Recordings of El último organito · Héctor Grané · 1957 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedEl último organitoAníbal TroiloEdmundo RiverotangoRCA Victor
    5 dances
    1949
  2. Francisco CanaroEl último organitoFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenastangoOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  3. Héctor GranéEl último organitoHéctor GranéCarlos Marcotango
    1 dance
    1957
  4. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973
  5. Maria De La FuenteNot in our catalogue1997
  6. Ricardo OliveraNot in our catalogue2009
  7. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  8. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

Lyrics

Español

Las ruedas embarradas del último organito vendrán desde la tarde buscando el arrabal, con un caballo flaco y un rengo y un monito y un coro de muchachas vestidas de percal. Con pasos apagados elegirá la esquina donde se mezclan luces de luna y almacén para que bailen valses detrás de la hornacina la pálida marquesa y el pálido marqués. El último organito irá de puerta en puerta hasta encontrar la casa de la vecina muerta, de la vecina aquella que se cansó de amar; y allí molerá tangos para que llore el ciego, el ciego inconsolable del verso de Carriego, que fuma, fuma y fuma sentado en el umbral. Tendrá una caja blanca el último organito y el asma del otoño sacudirá su son, y adornarán sus tablas cabezas de angelitos y el eco de su piano será como un adiós. Saludarán su ausencia las novias encerradas abriendo las persianas detrás de su canción, y el último organito se perderá en la nada y el alma del suburbio se quedará sin voz.

English · machine translation

The muddy wheels of the last little organ will come from the afternoon looking for the suburb, with a skinny horse and a lame man and a little monkey and a chorus of girls dressed in percale. With muffled steps he will choose the corner where moonlight and warehouse mingle so that waltzes dance behind the niche the pale marquise and the pale marquis. The last little organ will go from door to door until it finds the house of the dead neighbor, of the neighbor who got tired of loving; and there it will grind tangos for the blind man to cry, the inconsolable blind man of Carriego's verse, who smokes, smokes and smokes sitting on the threshold. The last little organ will have a white box and the asthma of autumn will shake its sound, and its boards will adorn the heads of little angels and the echo of its piano will be like a goodbye. The locked-up brides will greet his absence opening the blinds behind his song, and the last little organ will be lost in nothingness and the soul of the suburb will be voiceless.

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Music from 1957 · danced on film 2017

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