La cumparsita

Summary

La cumparsita is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• La cumparsita's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• La cumparsita's composer is recorded as Gerardo Matos Rodríguez^[4].
• La cumparsita's genre is tango^[5].
• Among the performers on La cumparsita was Yasmin Levy^[6].
• La cumparsita was performed by Julio Iglesias^[7].
• La cumparsita was performed by Carlos Gardel^[8].
• Among the performers on La cumparsita was Astor Piazzolla^[9].
• La cumparsita's Commons category is recorded as La Cumparsita^[10].
• La cumparsita's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish^[11].
• La cumparsita's country of origin is recorded as Uruguay^[12].
• 1914 marks the founding of La cumparsita^[13].
• La cumparsita was published on 1916^[14].
• La cumparsita's lyricist is recorded as Pascual Contursi^[15].
• La cumparsita's lyricist is recorded as Enrique P. Maroni^[16].
• La cumparsita's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Giuseppe Verdi^[17].
• La cumparsita's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Roberto Firpo^[18].
• La cumparsita's tonality is recorded as G minor^[19].
• La cumparsita's date of first performance is recorded as 1916^[20].
• La cumparsita's described by source is recorded as tango.info^[21].
• La cumparsita's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'La cumparsita'}^[22].
• La cumparsita's different from is recorded as La cumparsita^[23].
• La cumparsita's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[24].
• La cumparsita's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[25].
• La cumparsita's form of creative work is recorded as song^[26].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[27]

• Genre(s): tango^[28]

• Community tags: tango^[29]

• MusicBrainz ID: 17ff494f-7698-33ab-b841-b1ce5e01423a^[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Yasmin Levy^[6], Julio Iglesias^[7], Carlos Gardel^[8], and Astor Piazzolla^[9].

Publication

La cumparsita was published on 1916^[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Spanish^[11]. Its genre is tango^[5].

Cultural Impact

Things named for La cumparsita include 10477 Lacumparsita^[31], an asteroid^[32].

Why It Matters

La cumparsita ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]

Entities named for it include 10477 Lacumparsita^[31], an asteroid^[32].