Carlos Gardel: Tango "La mariposa".

Hand-written by him in Madrid in 1924 on the stationery of the German passenger ship Antonio Delfino. Gardel made his first trip to Europe and Spain on the said ship on Nov. 15, 1923 in the company of  the theatrical troupe Matilde Rivera-Enrique De Rosas.

Links on this theme:

• Carlos Gardel in the theater "Apolo, Madrid, Dec. 10, 1923.
  
  

• Gardel's music, history

• For my selection of Gardel's music, click here.

• Ultimate Gardel List of 971 titles on this site, this is the most complete Gardel discography on the Internet

  • Cante Don Carlos, cante
    Tras el aniversario de la muerte de Carlos Gardel, Ediciones Altaya y la Editorial Planeta De Agostini lanzan Todo Gardel, una completa colección sobre la obra y la vida del Zorzal criollo. Opinión: Muy Buena. La Maga 11 del 7 de 2001.

• La partitura de la canción "El Rosal" firmada por Carlos Gardel, el 27 de octubre de 1933 en Mercedes, Uruguay.

• ¿Qué es el tango? Carlos Gardel en una entrevista para: Diario Noticias Gráficas, del 21 de septiembre de 1933

• Carlos Gardel´s undefeated voice, by Jorge Alberto Sabato

• Gardel's Guitarists

  • Guillermo Barbieri and Gardel's guitarists - Barbieri is interviewed by "Revista Cancionera" Montevideo, 1933 (in Spanish).

• Songs Gardel interpreted in his films

• Why did RCA, Victor & EMI Odeon destroy their archives? (in Spanish)

• Cuantas canciones grabo Gardel? (How many songs did Gardel record?) (in Spanish)
  From the book: "Carlos Gardel, su vida y sus canciones" by Jaime Rico Salazar.

• Rastreando las primeras grabaciones de Gardel (The search for Gardel's first recordings) (in Spanish)

• El zorzal criollo cada día canta mejor y cada año gana mas...

• You can play more than 100 Gardel's songs in Real Audio and MS format at todotango.com.ar

  • Gardel music sampler from todotango.com.ar

• In an interesting article, Jorge Finkielman discusses never before published releases of Carlos Gardel (Gardel Inédito) by EMI ODEON in 2000 & 2001 and Gardel discography. For my page dedicated to Gardel inédito, click here. 
• 1925 Max Glücksmann record ads promoting Carlos Gardel and other Argentine Tango artists
• Café de los Angelitos - where Carlos Gardel signed his contract with Odeon in 1917
• In 1917, Carlos Gardel sang "Mi Noche Triste" for the first time on stage at the Teatro Esmeralda. 
  In August 1922, the theater changed its name to Maipo which it retains to present day.
• Teatro Colón - where Gardel performed many, many times