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La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1956

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1982.
1956: 1 · danced 71 times1957: 2 · danced 1 times1963: 1 · danced 4 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 1 · danced 1 times1969: 1 · danced 0 times1972: 1 · danced 6 times1982: 1 · danced 17 times
1956’60’70’801982
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1956: 1, 71; 1957: 2, 1; 1963: 1, 4; 1965: 1, 0; 1966: 1, 1; 1969: 1, 0; 1972: 1, 6; 1982: 1, 17

  1. Aníbal Troilo’s 1956 version holds 71% of its dancing (71 of 100).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 9 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1956, 1963 and 1969. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1956 was sung by Edmundo Rivero.† La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1956 is a tango.† La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1956 lasts 03:27.† La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1956: One of two special-guest recordings Rivero made with Troilo in 1956; Cátulo Castillo's lyric about drinking the last bitter cup, and the subject of a full chapter in Lavocah's book.†

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Catulo Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

1950’60’70’80

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedEdmundo Rivero · TK · Aug 8
    71 dances
    1956
  2. Aníbal TroiloRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · May 7
    4 dances
    1963
  3. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  4. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche · Dec 15
    1 dance
    1966
  5. Alfredo GobbiTito Lando · Jun 18
    1 dance
    1957
  6. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · Antar-Telefunken (Montevideo) · Jul 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  7. Horacio SalganPhilips
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  8. Astor PiazzollaRoberto Goyeneche · May 30
    17 dances
    1982
  9. Hugo Diaz
    6 dances
    1972
  10. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1932
  11. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1940
  12. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueTito Landó · Jun 181957
  13. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  14. Orquesta Matos RodríguezNot in our catalogueRicardo Olivera2005
  15. Cacho CastañaNot in our catalogue
  16. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  17. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  18. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  19. Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue
  20. Alba SolísNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Lastima, bandoneón, mi corazon tu ronca maldición maleva... Tu lágrima de ron me lleva hasta el hondo bajo fondo donde el barro se subleva. ¡Ya sé, no me digás! ¡Tenés razón! La vida es una herida absurda, y es todo tan fugaz que es una curda, ¡nada más! mi confesión. Contame tu condena, decime tu fracaso, ¿no ves la pena que me ha herido? Y hablame simplemente de aquel amor ausente tras un retazo del olvido. ¡Ya sé que te lastimo! ¡Ya se que te hago daño llorando mi sermón de vino! Pero es el viejo amor que tiembla, bandoneón, y busca en el licor que aturde, la curda que al final termine la función corriéndole un telón al corazón. Un poco de recuerdo y sinsabor gotea tu rezongo lerdo. Marea tu licor y arrea la tropilla de la zurda al volcar la última curda. Cerrame el ventanal que arrastra el sol su lento caracol de sueño, ¿no ves que vengo de un país que está de olvido, siempre gris, tras el alcohol?...

English · machine translation

Too bad, bandoneon, my heart your hoarse evil curse... Your rum tear takes me to the deepest depths where the mud revolts. I know, don't tell me! You're right! Life is an absurd wound and it's all so fleeting that it's a cure, nothing more! my confession. Tell me your condemnation, tell me your failure, don't you see the sorrow that has wounded me? And tell me simply of that absent love behind a remnant of oblivion. I know I hurt you! I know I hurt you by crying my wine sermon! But it is the old love that trembles, bandoneon, and searches in the liquor that stuns, the cure that at the end ends the show by pulling back a curtain to the heart. A little bit of memory and flavorlessness drips your slow gossip. Tide your liquor and plough the left-handed troop when overturning the last curda. Close the window that drags the sun its slow snail of sleep, don't you see that I come from a country that is in oblivion, always gray, after alcohol...

Danced to it

Music from 1956 · danced on film 2012–2026

20122026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 4, 2013: 2, 2014: 2, 2015: 7, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 4, 2026: 1

Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1YapeyúJuan D'Arienzo, 1951 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2Lluvia de abrilMiguel Caló, 1945 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3Ilusión azulAlfredo De Angelis, 1945 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5BomboncitoFulvio Salamanca, 1958 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Bajo un cielo de estrellasOrquesta Típica Sans Souci, 2003 · danced together in 2 Performances
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 00043011000126-2-26

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tango.info · 00709735757226-1-12

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tango.info · 02480002717461-1-1

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tango.info · 04024236200597-1-2

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tango.info · 07798089730323-1-3

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Singers1

Sung by Edmundo Rivero

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 03:27

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Notes1

One of two special-guest recordings Rivero made with Troilo in 1956; Cátulo Castillo's lyric about drinking the last bitter cup, and the subject of a full chapter in Lavocah's book.

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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