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La canguela
La canguela is a composition that sources associate with the year 1889 and describe as an early written tango score, though the details are disputed [1][2]. One source describes it as the first registered score and anonymous, and another calls it the first recorded musical score [1][2].
La canguela is a composition associated in the available sources with the year 1889 [1][2]. One source describes it as the first registered score and identifies it as anonymous [1]. Another source describes it as the first recorded musical score, also under 1889 [2]. These characterizations are marked as disputed in the underlying record, so its status as the earliest written score should be treated with caution [1][2].
A manuscript transcription of La canguela is dated to 1901 [1]. That item is also recorded as disputed. Sources therefore differ on whether the documented record of the piece rests on an 1889 score or on a later 1901 transcription [1][2].
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The earliest date attached to La canguela is 1889, recorded only at the precision of a year [1][2]. One source describes the piece as the first registered score and states that it was anonymous [1]. A second source describes it as the first recorded musical score [2]. Both claims are contested, and the dossier does not settle whether either description is accurate [1][2].
The same source that gives the anonymous 1889 attribution also refers to a manuscript transcription of the work dated 1901 [1]. This claim is likewise contested. It is not clear from the sources how the 1901 manuscript relates to the 1889 score, or whether the 1889 date describes the work's creation, its registration, or a later reconstruction [1][2].
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- 1.Tango · es.wikipedia.org
- 2.Tango music · en.wikipedia.org
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First registered score was anonymous La canguela (1889)1889
First recorded musical score1889
Manuscript transcription1901
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