Mi noche triste
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"Mi noche triste" (My sad night) was the first tango the famous singer Carlos Gardel recorded. Lyrics were written by Pascual Contursi and the music by Samuel Castriota. In 1951 it was made into a film; Mi noche triste (film).
[edit] History
Composed in 1915 by Samuel Castriota (1885-1932) as Instrumental Tango in Buenos Aires Argentina. But soon after, Pascual Contursi (1888-1932) in Montevideo Uruguay wrote the lyrics without composer permission. Carlos Gardel heard that song and performed it in Buenos Aires in January 3,1917 at Esmeralda Theater. It was the first time he sang Tango and at the same time it was the first sung Tango. Gardel first recorded this song with the guitar of Jose Ricardo (acoustic system), on an Odeon label (1917). Gardel re-recorded it with Odeon in April 1930. Gardel helped to reach an agreement between Contursi and Castriota about copyright controversy.
With Mi Noche Triste, the birth of sentimental Tango took place. Nostalgic, melodramatic, sad, the new lyrics and the music that was created for them, embodied Buenos Aires and its people. Contursi wrote a melodramatic story that any rejected lover could identify with.
