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Dame la lata

Dame la lata is a composition dated by the available sources to the 1880s, though they differ on the exact year: 1883, 1888 and the mid-1880s are all given [1][2][3][4][5]. Two sources link the name Juan Perez to the work's dating [1][2].

Dame la lata is a composition whose date of origin is disputed [1][2][3][4][5]. The sources consulted place it in the 1880s but disagree on the year [1][2][3][4][5].

One source that discusses tangos of the Guardia Vieja period, 1880-1920, records the name Juan Perez with the year 1883 [1]. Another source records the same name with the year 1888 [2]. The dossier does not state what role Juan Perez had in relation to the work, so that relationship is not described here [1][2].

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Sources differ on when Dame la lata originated, and the dating is disputed [1][2][3][4][5].

Two sources give 1883 [1][5]. One of them, a source on tangos of the Guardia Vieja period, 1880-1920, records this year with the name Juan Perez [1]. The other gives 1883 without additional detail in the dossier [5].

Two sources give 1888 [2][3]. One records this year with the name Juan Perez [2]. The other, a source titled after the work itself, gives 1888 [3].

A fifth source, on the tangos of Buenos Aires in their early period, places the work in the mid-1880s, given in Spanish as "mediados de 1880" [4]. This dating is less precise than the others and does not settle the difference between 1883 and 1888 [4].

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  1. 1.Tangos de la Guardia Vieja 1880-1920 · web.archive.org
  2. 2.Tango music · en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3.Dame la Lata · testimoniosba.com
  4. 4.Los tangos de Buenos Aires de los primeros tiempos · cronicasdelaemigracion.com
  5. 5.Tango · es.wikipedia.org

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Juan Perez1883, 1888

1888

Mediados de 18801880

1883

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