"Kathy, la Reina del Saloon" (Les Luthiers) sight-read by Tom Brier

Ragtime from Argentina! This is the music played during the first part of a 1977 routine by an Argentinian comedy troupe known as Les Luthiers. They were apparently quite popular in South America.

You can see them performing the routine containing this tune here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLW-oRP5M7U

A YouTuber in Chile alerted me to this tune, and sent me a score he found that wasn't notated very well. I never got around to making a more readable score, so I just gave the score to Tom as-is. I was quite surprised at how well he was able to read it.

The composer was Carlos Núñez Cortes.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• piano
• rag
• silent film
• Música de cine mudo
• pianist
• sightreading

[marians95]

why the man took a picture of the score? :)

I love the music that plays tom ♥

[Keeper1st]

@marians95 He was video recording. He zoomed in on the score so that he would know what the tune was when he posted his video of it. That man is YouTuber "verybigrifle". I'm pretty sure he did post his video of this performance too, but his camera's audio quality isn't as good (dynamics are lost).

[lbrown21494]

@Keeper1st

Darn, oh well I have other music.

Like I said previously, that version of the script I sent you was really terrible, unclear, and too abrasive. By stage parts I'm refering to acting parts in the sketch that they wrote. Go on ahead and record what I sent you so I have another option. I'm still looking for a good voice.

[Keeper1st]

@lbrown21494 Surely if they wrote the script, they're giving themselves the acting parts. I don't quite follow. Still, I'll try to remember to sit down and record it this week.

[lbrown21494]

Hey Keeper, Is this piece in the Public Domain? I'd love to use it on my show, which is going smoothly. I'm rewriting script one because it was absolutely horrible. Any progress on your voice audition? Or was the dialouge I sent you too horrible? :).

[Keeper1st]

@lbrown21494 Oh, I have to get around to recording that. One line I don't understand -- "stage parts"? You mean stage time? or what?

This tune would not be PD, no... though the composer himself has a video on YouTube of himself playing it, I've noticed.

[Marzzo2]

"Kathy, la reina del saloon" or "Kathy, the saloon queen", but there is a lovely joke in the title of this rag. When in english you say "Kathy", we, in spanish, hear something like "Casi" = "almost". So, if you translate the title will be "Almost the saloon queen"

[Leo00999]

This composition belongs to the best Spanish-language comedy group called Les Luthiers , is a set of informal instruments who was born in Argentina in the 60's and have over 43 years of success. As this composition can be seen much more, all they do is great and unique. Greetings from Argentina.

[marians95]

he never played "Nyan CAT"?

[kovalmoog]

As Argentinean and Les Luthiers' fan I want to congratulate you for this excellent version of "Kathy, La Reina del Saloon". I've really enjoy it. Bravo !!

[chiflynex]

you're great!

[aedrianum]

Les Luthiers lo mejor.

[marians95]

@marians95 oh, thanks!!!! :)

[oldschoolcomedy]

Viva Les Luthiers!!!! Viva Argentina!!!!!

[Mellevaelslide]

yeeeeeah! Few days ago I started to watch Tom playing some video game tunes, and now this! It's great! Btw, Les Luthiers are really hilarious, some kind of English comedy, but a bit different, always mixing with music. They are really smart writers!