Alfredo Le Pera
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Alfredo Le Pera (4 June 1900? – 24 June 1935) was an Argentine journalist, dramatist, and lyricist, best known for his brief but fruitful collaboration with the Argentinian tango singer, Carlos Gardel. Some of their best-known collaborations are the tangos "Melodía de arrabal", "Cuesta abajo", "Soledad", "Volvió una noche", "Golondrina", "Lejana tierra mia", "Mi Buenos Aires querido", and "El día que me quieras". Le Pera died in the same airplane crash which killed Gardel.
Le Pera was born in São Paulo, Brazil. At the beginning of his career, he worked for several Argentinian periodicals as a theater critic. In 1931, he travelled to Paris, where he met Gardel. Le Pera wrote tangos together with Gardel as well as preparing the scripts for a number of his films.
Le Pera is credited with elevating the literary quality of tango lyrics while respecting the popular character of the musical form.
