Milonga Triste - Blues from the pampas - Atahualpa Yupanqui

Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908-1992) is regarded as the greatest interpreter of Argentinian folklore. As a singer, guitarist, composer and poet he left us works which bring us closer to the musical soul of South America.
He was born in the Argentinian pampas, about 200km away from Buones Aires. Baptized Hector Roberto Chavero Aramburu, he later adopted - in a bow to two legendary Inca kings - the stage name Atahualpa Yupanqui which became famous around the world.
This milonga, although a dance, is full of melancholy of the wide open pampas...my use of the word blues is tongue in cheek of course...
and a South American song needs a fitting hat called "the optimo"...

This song was composed by H. Manzi and Sebastian Piana

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• acoustic
• guitar
• classical
• argentina
• milonga
• pampas
• atahualpa
• yupanqui
• folclore
• tango
• latinoamerica

[martingastanaga]

This isn't a blues, "milonga" is the genre, is a tipical song of Rio de la Plata,

Milonga form is a very rich genre -milonga campera, milonga ciudadana, milonga uruguaya- is an incredible sound universe, but any common root with blues

[daddystovepipe]

@martingastanaga

as if I didn't know that ;-)

[Federickko]

Friend, you say that Milonga Triste is by Atahualpa Yupanqui. It's wrong. This work is by Homero Manzi and Sebastián Piana.

[daddystovepipe]

Thanks Federickko, you are right!

[mjrami]

Very Nice interpretation was this your own arrangement?

Marcelo Ramirez

PS. Thanks for subscribing

[daddystovepipe]

I found the transcription in a Japanese book about Atahualpa Yupanqui. Since all the text is in Japanese I can't tell you much about it apart it was published in 1974 and the music is in western standard notation.

[Khamomil]

Ay que bella esa tristeza!

[Msalopezbard]

Great performance. You sound like a "gaucho", very sensitive. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina. thanks a lot.

[titomun123]

great

[faunoram]

great job sir !

the great master "don ata" would be happy

cheers !!

saludos

[areyes999]

And it's great to hear that you're listening to this in Algeria. Are we not blessed to be sharing such treasures? Can you recommend some treasures from your parts?

[havokbaphomet666]

This music is no blues, its milonga

[weareallmusicians]

El tema del abandono y el remordimiento está en el poema, pero la música es del genio de Pichuco. Está muy linda la transcripción para guitarra, muy bien hecha e interpretada. Pero escuchen MILONGA TRISTE en bandoneón. Ya verán lo que es triste ... sublimado por la música. Perdón, Pichuco es, por supuesto, ANÍBAL TROILO, el más gran bandoneonista de todos los tiempos y genial compositor.

[weareallmusicians]

El tema del abandono y el remordimiento está en el poema, pero la música es del genio de Pichuco. Está muy linda la transcripción para guitarra, muy bien hecha e interpretada. Pero escuchen MILONGA TRISTE en bandoneón. Ya verán lo que es triste ... sublimado por la música.

[loskar777]

Volví por caminos muertos

volví sin poder llegar.

Grité con tu nombre bueno,

lloré sin saber llorar

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