Draft:Grey fox (tango)
| "Gray fox (tango)" | |
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| Song | |
| Genre | Tango |
| Composer(s) | Rafael Tuegols |
| Lyricist(s) | Francisco García Jiménez |
fox gray is a tango from 1920 [1] whose lyrics belong to Francisco García Jiménez while the music is by Rafael Tuegols, which was recorded by Carlos Gardel with guitar accompaniment in 1921 (plate 18035b - 453) for Odeon.[2] and later by other musicians and orchestras.
History[edit]
In 1920 Rafael Tuegols with the quartet he was a member of premiered the tango Zorro gris in an instrumental version with great success at the Café de La Paloma, located on Juan B. Justo Avenue and Santa Fe in front of the Palermo barracks, next to the Arroyo Maldonado and under the bridge of the San Martín Railway, in the place currently called “Pacífico”.[3] He had composed it while traveling by tram to visit his mother and, once at her mother's house, he transcribed it onto the staff. After being released, it was such a success that clandestine editions of the tango began to appear before Breyer launched his own, authorized by the author.[4] At the request of Tuegols, who had known him for some time before, García Jiménez wrote the letter that begins with the verses:
- How many fateful nights of vice
- your sweet womanly illusions,
- like the roses of a crazy orgy
- you plucked their leaves at the cabaret.
Then he continued with the story of the woman of modest origin attracted by the luxury and pleasures of the cabaret, who behind the appearance of happiness hid her sad life and who wore a gray fox fur coat when leaving the place. . These verses in some way repeat the story told in the tango Milonguita that Samuel Linnig wrote a few months before.[3] García Jiménez was called to witness the rehearsal that Gardel was doing on the recorder and although the singer It seemed to him that the lyrics were somewhat advanced for the time, and they all convinced him that this was the new trend.[5]
- ^ a b Some sources say 1921 but both Romano and García Jiménez place it in 1920
- ^ Lriente, Horacio. "Gardel-Razzano Serie Acústica". Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ a b Romano & p.37.
- ^ García Jiménez.
- ^ Otero.