El Choclo – Discover the Famous Tango by Ángel Villoldo

On the Virtual Gramophone site I found a recording of El Choclo – the famous tango written by Ángel Villoldo at the beginning of the 20th century – probably the most famous tango at all.

This tango has a long history, and many artists have created their very special versions – it is fascinating to follow El Choclo through this musical history.

I remembered that Marijke and Michiel Wiesenekker had also played El Choclo in a video and so I decided to write about El Choclo today.

I have compiled some interesting videos, links to interesting articles about El Choclo and sources where you can find sheet music for this tune.

Enjoy El Choclo!

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Kim Bikei from Korea – mandolin and guitar

A version played by a Spanish bandurria an laud orchestra – a kind of a mandolin orchestra:

EL CHOCLO

ORQUESTA LAUDISTICA DEL BAJO ARAGON HISTORICO, INTERPRETANDO “EL CHOCLO”

My version of El Choclo for mandolin & guitar:

An early version of El Choclo:

Tango Argentino – El Choclo, 1929

Playlist El Choclo

with many more versions  – guitar, accoreon, bandurria, orchestra, old versions, new versions, songs, instrumental versions  – enjoy!

Historical Recordings

An early recording of this tango for mandolin & guitar:

El choclo : tango argentin Lefman; Rosemarin (1929) bei Virtual Gramophone:

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/028011-9002e-e.html

 

DIGITAL CONTENT: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f3/13280.ram
                   http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f1/13280-a.jpg
                   http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13280.mp3
            NOTES: Commentaires: Tango; "New Process" figure sous le nom
                    Starr.
                   Référence discographique: Fonds de la Compo Company Ltd
                    (1918-1950), Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, date
                    d'enregistrement.
                   Distributeur: Canada Sales Limited.
                   Genre d'édition: étiquette principale.
                   Lancé: [ca avr 1929].
                   Lefman ; Rosemarin, mandoline et guitare.
                   Registré: [29 jan 1929], [Montréal, QC], Compo Company
                    Limited.

Additional information

Wikipeda (esp.): http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_choclo

Wikipedia (engl.): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Choclo

Article about El Choclo: http://www.todotango.com/english/biblioteca/cronicas/el_choclo.asp

Sheet music:

Guitar: http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=4115#

Piano: http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=26078

Piano: http://www.todotango.com/spanish/las_obras/partitura.aspx?id=24

Cello: http://thecellogeek.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-cello-sheet-music.html

Great resource for tango sheet music: http://www.mandragoratango.com/sheetmusic.php

Recordings

archive.org: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%22el%20choclo%22

Links

Homepage Marijke und Michiel Wiesenekker: http://www.wiesenekker.com/

Homepage Agrupación Laudística : http://www.harmoniazaragoza.org/