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House
Museum Carlos Gardel
735 Jean Jaurés Street, Abasto, Buenos Aires
The museum officially opened on: June 24, 2003
68'th anniversary of Gardel's death
Museum
schedule: Wednesdays thru Mondays 10am. to 6 pm.
Guided tours: Mondays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 3 pm.
Saturdays and Sundays: 1 pm.,
3 pm. and 5 pm.
Admission $3 / Residents
$1 / Wednesdays: admission free
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Invitation to
the official opening of Gardel Museum
Sent to
me by Silvestre Byrón
See also: EAF/Extra
CASA MUSEO INAUGURAN
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The
residence of Carlos Gardel
and his
mother from 1927-1933. The almost restored house museum opened for one preview day to media and public on Thursday, March 6,
2003, in numbers which exceeded all expectations. Everyone
wanted to see inside the house for themselves, including throngs
of reporters and general population. There were great
festivities with the multitude filling the streets, and the
tango pairs dancing late into the night.
Angel Yonadi, March 8, 2003.
These
photos of Gadel's restored house were graciously
provided by Mr. Horacio Galli
(March 7-12, 2003). He owns and has for
sale a very rare, gold, monogrammed, cigarette case,
which belonged to Gardel.
Even
though the official opening of the house is in June
of this year, Mr.
Galli was given permission to take the photos so that
they could be posted on this site. Here is his description of the house:
The
house has been almost completely restored. It is a typical
house of the Abasto district: low, narrow and large (where the old Abasto market used to be, and which
supplied the produce for Buenos Aires. In its place,
there is now a big Shopping Center).
The
house is entered via the original double door and a passage way,
reaching a hallway which opens up to a patio and one of
the rooms. Further along are three bedrooms (including
Gardel's), kitchen and
Berthe's ironing room. All the rooms have an exit to the
patio. In the patio, which is partly covered by a
glass skylight, there is a stairwell to the second floor,
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Main
entrance to Gardel's restored house as it appeared on
March 10, 2003. On the left side of the double door
frame is the famous "CG" monogram. |
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The
museum was officially opened on June 24, 2003, 68th anniversary
of Gardel's death.
It was bought by the Argentine businessman Eduardo Eurnekián
for about $US160.000 and donated to the City of Buenos Aires. For
further information, call: 4516-0941/2.
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Full
front view of Gardel's restored house.
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Side view of the house
Front view
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patio, looking towards the front of the house and the main entrance. |
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Left
photo: Stairwell to the second floor museum office
and cafeteria.
Right photo: From the ante room, visible from the
street, one can see three bedrooms, including the one
used by Gardel. |
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Gardel's
bedroom. The brass bed head and foot boards. On the left
is a rack with
Gardel's scarves and a bow tie.
On the wall mural is a 1929 newspaper description of Gardel's house:"La casa de la calle Jean Jaurés es baja, antigua y no
arreglada con mucha simetría (...) el dormitorio, un cuarto arreglado pero muy modesto, con una camita de bronco muy angosta (...)
varios austeros retratos familiares de respetables antepasados con uspecto de hombres
de trabajo quo velan gravemente su sueño."
La Nación, 30 de junio de 1929
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Murals
from some of the walls. On another one, it is
written:
El mito suele ser
considerado como algo legendario, que transcurre en un
pasado de ficción, pero mientras permanezca el rito que
lo celebra, éste permanecerá inalterable, presente,
vivo como en el momento de su gestación. Recrear el
espacio y el tiempo de Gardel no persigue otro fin que
sostener su vivencia en el presente, para quienes lo
recuerdan y para aquellos que aún no lo conocen. |
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The
kitchen with an insert of another of its corners.
The mural speaks Gardel's words: "The
most modest stew made by her hands is worth more
and is more flavourful than the most expensive dish made
in the best hotel in the world." |
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An
old iron such as Gardel's mother Berthe could have used.
Before Gardel became famous,
she worked as an ironing
woman (planchadora). |
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are many souvenirs for sale such as photos, monograms,
cigars, round boxes, etc.
Insert: Gardel's "CG" monogram stickers and
rings. |
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Among the collectors who loaned their Gardel memorabia to the museum are:
Bruno Cespi, Héctor Lucci y Hamlet Peluso– and the Casa del Teatro.
Among Gardel's personal belonging on loan to Gardel museum are: assorted
combs, brushes, a hook for undoing his shoe laces without the need for bending
down and a shoe horn. All of these items are monogrammed. These personal
belongings were rescued from the Medellin airplane crash and show burn marks. Owned by: Casa del Teatro Argentina.
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Here
are all the places where Gardel lived with his mother Berthe
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1890-1893
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 4 Canon D'Arcole
Street, Toulouse, France
Gardel
was born in the house on no.
4 rue du Canon d'Arcole in Toulouse,
France. The
dedication plaque attached to the house in March 1997
states: "IN THIS BUILDING WAS BORN ON DEC 11 1890 CHARLES
ROMUALD GARDES WHO
WOULD BE CELEBRATED IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD BY THE NAME OF CARLOS GARDEL".
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March 11,
1893
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Carlos
and Berthe Gardes arrive at Buenos Aires in the Portugese
steamer Dom Pedro.
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1893-1904
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Uruguay Street. Just after arriving from France,
they live
here together with Berthe's French friend,
Anaïs Beaux and her husband,
Fortunato Muñiz.
A number of
other well-known Argentines lived in this house: Tita Merello,
Luis Sandrini and Elsa O'Connor.
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1904-1914 |
1553 Corrientes
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1914-1920
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1714 Corrientes Street |
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1920-
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451 Rodriguez Peña Street |
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137 Rincon Street
He ocassionally sings at the famous "Café
De Los Angelitos" which is only a block from his home. It was in
the Café de los Angelitos where one night of 1917, Mauricio Goddart,
Artistic Director for Odeón, signed up already famous duet
Gardel-Razzano, which then debuted for Odeón on the record with Cantar
eterno y El sol del 25. |
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1927-1933
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In 1927, Gardel
bought the 1920's house at Jean Jaurés
735 in Abasto in which he lived with his mother until Nov. 7, 1933
when he took a trip to Europe from which he would never return. Anaïs and
Fortunato Muñiz continued to live in the house with
Gardel's mother until their death in 1939. Gardel's
mother found herself terribly alone so Armando Defino, Gardel's lawyer
and his family moved in with her. Doña Berta lived at this house
until 1943, the year she passed away. Definos continued to
occupy the house until 1946 when Armando sold it to one of his
tenants in 1949. The house passed to various owners and in the
1960's, it served as a tango bar (tanguería). Most of the
walls were demolished to make it into a more spacious place
but this put into danger its structural integrity. The house
was scheduled for demolition but was bough in 1996 by industrialist Eduardo Eurnekian,
who donated it to the city in 2000. The house restoration
was completed and opened for viewing on March 6,
2003. It is called Casa Museo Carlos Gardel
(House Museum Carlos Gardel) and contains his personal effects and
memorabilia. The museum will officially open in June. The visitors will be accompanied by Gardel's
music.
At the said
home, Carlos Gardel is interviewed by a journalist,
who wrote this note, published on Sunday June 30, 1929 in the
article: SUCCESSES, MEMORIES AND DISCRETION OF CARLOS
GARDEL
 The house on
Jean Jaurés street is low, old and is not dotted with much
symmetry. It consists of a hall, rather a patio, great, ample,
cold, with three guitars, two trunks, a phonograph and pair of
tall boots, perhaps because in Europe they will seem more
native. The dining room table is completely covered with
clothes, hats and other clothing articles in colorful disorder.
And the dormitory: a neat room, but very modest one, with a very
narrow bronze bed and, on the walls nothing of the artists,
neither admiring screen heroines nor of the admirers. Several
austere family photos of respectable ancestors with aspect of
working people, who guard their dream seriously. When seeing
richly dressed Carlitos, youthful, carefree, they imagine that
he has an idle life and uses his time in spending the money that
falls to him from the sky. It is true, he certainly, spends,
entertains, and gives the impression of a happy man. But we
cannot even suspect on the amount of work he does during the
hours we do not see him. He himself finally added:
"People do not understand what I do, they think that I
make the money without doing anything. And I do make it, it is
certain; I make a lot, but work many hours of the day. So that
they realize, this figure is enough: I get to record twenty songs
each month. In addition to the recording, which in that form has
to be almost daily, taking into account the instrumentation, the
combination of guitars, the modifications that should always
be introduced, so that the song and the instruments work well, and
it will be visible what is my life; very pleasant, I cannot
complain, only about the continuous work." (Buenos Aires,
June 30, 1929).
A paragraph
of an interview with Carlos Gardel in 1930, signed by journalist
Mario Dillon and published in the Sintonía magazine.
"When
I need peace, tranquility, and calmness..., when many parties
and much entertainment have tired me, I come to see my dear old
mother and at her side recover my strength... And is that in
Buenos Aires, ché, the life is hard for someone who knows that
the life is short and that a day lost cannot be regained... And
aside from all that, no friends, neither loves, nor parties, nor
glory, nor triumphs, nor horses, nor anything of the sort,
compares to my mother!... Most modest food made with her hands
is worth more and is more flavorful than most expensive of
plates at the best hotels in the world... The applause of the
public is very pleasant... but what is it worth next to the kind
words of my mother?"
In a
paragraph of the Sintonía magazine, Gardel says this of
the house and his mother:
"When I live in Buenos Aires I do
it in house of my dear old mother. All the gold of the world
cannot take care of you like your mother, ché. My mother, ché,
all the afternoons, wakes me up with mate tea. I give the great
hotels to you at the side of that. That house on Jean Jaures
street is my mother's house, not mine. I have the project to buy
a house in Niza for my mother and me. The climate is ideal for
her and I will make sure that it has all the comforts. The
houses are cheap there. This is a project, which we are studying.
I have wonderful moments with my mother, she is very well, and I
got to know a family which I never had thought possible, all of
them very good and most amiable people." (Gardel is
referring to his family in Toulouse).
“En Jean Jaures 735 suena el timbre. Berta sale de la cocina y abre la puerta. Es el cantante Agustín Irusta que entra y sube hasta el cuarto que Gardel usa como estudio. Se escucha una música. "¿Qué estás escuchando Carlitos?", pregunta Irusta. "A estos giles", responde El Zorzal con una sonrisa. De fondo el sonido trae nada menos que a Enrique Caruso y Titta Rufo”.
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Edmundo Guibourg, Gardel's very good friend, said this of his
house:
Benito
Villanueva's strongmen, killers and his bodyguard lived in
Gardel's area. He who so loved this Buenos Aires of the suburbs,
bought the house on Jean Jaurés for his mother, so she could live
in the area both of them loved so much, and so that his mother
could comfortably return to the corner where she worked as a
laundry woman.
Gardel
loved that house as much as he loved his friends, and for that, he
bough it five times. When he would be on a tour, he would send money to
some friend to buy the house. In return, he would receive a letter
from a "reliable friend". "Sorry brother, but I
made a bet and lost the money". The story repeated itself
four times and every time Gardel would smile and pay. The fifth
time Gardel found someone who was truly reliable and the house was
purchased.
Published
in La Opinión magazine, Buenos Aires, June 24, 1975.
Left: Side view of
Gardel's house in the early 1960's.
Right: Gardel
in his house at 735 Jean Jaurés. Last photo of Gardel before he
travelled to Europe in 1931.
He is sitting atop of one of his Steamer trunks. Behind Gardel is as photo of his
grand-father, Vital Gardès, (1835-1903) and Berthe's father.
Frontal view of
Gardel's house in the 1960's
Another view of
Gardel's house
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photos of Gardel at his house |
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Gardel in the
doorway of his house
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Listening
to his recordings
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Doña Berthe
with her best friend, Anaïs Beaux and her husband,
Fortunato Muñiz at Jean Juarés 735 after the death of
Gardel. |
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Museo
Casa Carlos Gardel
The Dirección General de Museos [Museums Office]
understands that creating a new museum in the city of Buenos
Aires implies emphasizing the identity and cultural heritage
of our city. We consider the reconstruction and restoration of
the house chosen by Carlos Gardel as his home to be a
necessary task that will strengthen our history as citizens.
The inauguration of the Museo Casa Carlos Gardel meets that
goal.
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The Gardel phenomenon
is undoubtedly one of the most momentous social events of our popular
history, due to both his natural relationship with Tango and the very
figure of Gardel, an emblem of a common yearn. Thanks to Carlos Gardel,
our Tango acquired international renown and within that context the
tango song performed by Gardel became, with time, a binding factor, with
indisputable national identity. His songs developed into a distinct
reflection of reality, especially that lived by Buenos Aires in that
time.
The Museo Casa Carlos Gardel attempts to recreate Gardel’s space and
time, with the aim to maintain his experiences to the present for those
who remember him and for those still do not know him.
Collection
of collections
The opening exposition travels through diverse stages in the life of the
legend, either directly through items that belonged to him or,
indirectly through his renown in music, film, and the ongoing renditions
of his work by history and popular affection.
Participants are Bruno Cespi, Hamlet Peluso, Héctor Lucci and, above
all, the Casa del Teatro, owners of the “Morocho’s “leading
collections.
The Film Museums “Pablo Ducrós Hicken” and “Saavedra” and the
Museum of Popular Art “José Hernández” have joined the exposition
with a selection of pieces, documents and furniture that supplement the
reconstruction of the “Zorzal’s” time. Collector Raúl Manrupe has
contributed pieces to the atmosphere of the different rooms.
This joint effort, stemmed from deep love for the figure of
“Carlitos” has fulfilled a dream we have all dreamt: to remember
“Morocho” here, at his home, all together.
Location:
Jean Jaures 735 (Abasto)
Museum schedule: Wednesdays thru
Mondays 10am. to 6 pm.
Guided tours: Mondays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays at 3 pm.
Saturdays and Sundays: 1 pm., 3 pm.
and 5 pm.
Admission $3
Residents $1
Wednesdays: admission free
Carlos Gardel
evocative itinerary: Tourist route featuring all places evocative of
Carlos Gardel. It leaves on Carlos Pellegrini between Corrientes and
Lavalle and finishes at the Museo Casa Carlos Gardel. For information
about dates and schedules call 4114-5791.
Copyright
2002 © TangoData.com.ar / Buenos Aires República Argentina
Todos los Derechos Reservados
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El
Cronista Comercial, 14 de abril de 1997.
Multimedios América adquirió la casa
donde vivió en el Abasto
Gardel se queda en Buenos Aires
Con el fin de convertirla en museo y
centro cultural, Multimedios América adquirió la casa en la que vivió
Carlos Gardel en el barrio del Abasto. La decisión tiene en cuenta la
importancia de conservar el patrimonio histórico.
Por Osvaldo Quiroga
¨Dónde pernoctan los duendes si no es
en los lugares en los que vivieron? Gardel, es cierto, vive en el alma
de los argentinos. Pero las casas son símbolos y los símbolos
constituyen la identidad y el patrimonio histórico de los pueblos.
¨Cómo iba a venderse al mejor postor la
casa de Carlos Gardel? Aquella de Jean Jaurés 735, a metros del lugar
donde solía cantar, en el corazón del Abasto. No le faltó criterio al
jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, doctor Fernando de la Rúa,
cuando ayer, en una conferencia de prensa ofrecida en Multimedios América,
sostuvo: "Que esta empresa, encabezada por Eduardo Eurnekian, haya
tomado una decisión de tanta trascendencia es un verdadero ejemplo para
la comunidad".
Vale la pena preguntarse qué hubiese
pasado de no mediar la intervención de América con la casa del Zorzal.
A falta de legislación adecuada, sus nuevos dueños podrían haber
decidido demolerla, o instalar allí una playa de estacionamiento, como
ocurrió con el teatro Odeón.
"Después de habernos interesado en
la vida y obra de Carlos Gardel _explicó Eduardo Eurnekian_ y de
producir un film sobre su vida, un video y un espectáculo en el
Cervantes, Multimedios América ha tomado esta determinación. No podíamos
permitir que la casa de Gardel fuera rematada o vendida".
No es poca cosa imaginar un museo y un
centro cultural en el Abasto. Ya lo soñó Antonio Berni como destino
para el predio donde funcionaba el legendario Mercado. Allí, el gran
pintor argentino, planeaba instalar una suerte de centro Georges
Pompidou que hubiese revitalizado la zona y convertido un barrio, que
hoy parece olvidado, en una fiesta para los sentidos y el pensamiento.
"Eurnekian _enfatizó De la Rúa_ ha
dado una gran noticia al comprometerse con la ciudad como lo viene
haciendo a través de su acción pública y periodística. Esta es una
gran contribución a la idea de preservar nuestro patrimonio urbano,
afirmar nuestra identidad cultural y conservar elementos de nuestra
memoria. Las grandes ciudades pueden preservarse gracias a actitudes
generosas como la del señor Eurnekian, que lega esta propiedad al
conjunto de la sociedad. Yo conocí la casa de Gardel por dentro y hoy
correría el riesgo de desaparecer si no fuese por esta operación. Se
trata de una inversión al servicio de la cultura".
Manuel Mujica Lainez escribió un relato
memorable titulado Aquí vivieron. Narra la historia de una casa a través
de quienes la habitaron, de quienes contribuyeron a forjar su alma, sus
duendes y sus fantasmas. Es verdad que las paredes no hablan, pero la
memoria colectiva se forja en la tradición y la tradición es un
reflejo de lo que queda y de las luchas de la memoria por dar forma a
los recuerdos.
En el inmueble de la calle Jean Jaurés
vivió Gardel entre 1927 y 1935. Allí compuso buena parte de su obra.
Una de las habitaciones de la casa fue transformada por él en una sala
de ensayo donde preparó algunas de las canciones que luego se
convirtieron en éxitos mundiales.
Todo el Abasto tiene sabor a Gardel. Por
la década de 1910 los cantores y los barrios competían entre sí. Cada
barrio tenía sus cantores, que seducían a la gente por la pinta y por
la voz. El cantor era un emblema del lugar y los trabajadores de la zona
depositaban en él sueños y esperanzas. La pertenencia a un barrio no
era sólo una referencia geográfica, sino que definía un estilo de
vida, una identidad, una forma de presentarse al mundo. El Abasto
contaba con el morocho Carlitos Gardel, que ya tenía su audiencia, y en
el café de El pelado, ubicado en Entre Ríos y Moreno, se concentraban
los partidarios de José Razzano.
Un día de 1911, en la casa de los
Gijena, en el actual pasaje Carlos Gardel, a metros de la casa que años
después compraría el Zorzal criollo, se batieron a duelo Gardel y
Razzano. Pero lo hicieron a través del canto. Todo el Abasto estaba
alerta. Los partidarios de Razzano se ubicaron en una de las veredas;
los de Gardel, en la otra. Razzano comenzó con la cifra Entre colores y
Gardel respondió con el estilo El sueño. El tiempo los convertiría en
uno de los dúos más recordados de la música vernácula: Gardel y
Razzano.
Anécdotas como ésta tendrán ahora un
sitio preciso para evocarlas: la vieja casa de la calle Jean Jaurés.
Allí, en algún rincón olvidado, la memoria de Gardel tendrá un lugar
para siempre.
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Links:
- Fotos
de Carlos
Gardel en su casa de la calle Jean Jaurés
735.
Photos of Gardel
in his house at 735 Jean Jaurés Street.
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Carlos Gardel ANÉCDOTAS.
Fuente: Museo Casa Carlos Gardel.
Carlos Gardel revive en Buenos Aires en una inédita colección de objetos. 21 de julio, 2003.
BUENOS AIRES (AP) -- Como si se tratara de la imagen de un santo, una mujer toca emocionada una fotografía en blanco y negro de Carlos Gardel, mientras a su lado un hombre se conmueve al contemplar un cepillo rescatado del accidente de aviación que apagó la vida del músico hace 68 años. -
INAUGURAN HOY LA PRIMERA MUESTRA CON COLECCIONES PRIVADAS. Pagina12/WEB, Buenos Aires-Argentina, 26 Junio 2003
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Clarín.com - Inauguran una muestra con objetos de Gardel, Miércoles 25 de junio de 2003
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INAUGURAN HOY LA PRIMERA MUESTRA CON COLECCIONES PRIVADAS.
Un Gardel íntimo, en su casa del Abasto. Pagina12/WEB, Buenos Aires-Argentina, 24 Junio 2003.
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EAF/Extra
CASA MUSEO INAUGURAN,
EAF Underground
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Otro motivo para recordar a
Gardel. En la casa de Jean Jaurés 735, donde vivió con su madre, se rescata la vida y la obra del gran artista. A partir del próximo 24 de junio, se podrá visitar el museo. Facilita la reconstrucción de la identidad cultural. Se recrea el modo de vida de un sector de la población. La Nacion Line, 12 de marzo de 2003.
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Carlos
Gardel tiene su museo en Buenos Aires, Reuters, 6 de
marzo de 2003
(Carlos Gardel has his museum in Buenos Aires)
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Carlos
Gardel abre las puertas de su casa del Abasto. El martes
último se inauguró el Museo Casa Carlos Gardel, ubicado en Jean
Jaurés 735, lugar donde vivió el artista durante los años que
vivió en Buenos Aires. La Nacion Line, 5 de marzo de 2003.
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Gardel's
house to be opened as a museum on Mar. 5, 2003 - Clarin, Mar. 2,
2003
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La casa de Gardel será museo
(Gardel's home will become museum) jueves 12 de diciembre de 2002 -
Clarín.com
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En
nueve meses, la casa de Gardel será un nuevo museo en el Abasto
Buenos
Aires, jueves 4 de octubre de 2001,
www.pagina12.com.ar
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Angel
Olivieri to donate his Gardel collection for Gardel's House Museum
29 de julio de 2001 -
Clarín.com
Bruno Cespi and Hamlet Pelusso will also donate a part of their
collection
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Carlos gardel, lo que no dice la historia,
Club de Tango
LA CASA DE JEAN JAURES
735 - antes que la ocupara Gardel.
La historia oficial de
Carlos Gardel ha incurrido en no pocas omisiones. Hay temas vinculados
directamente con la verdad de su vida, que jamás fueron investigados a
fondo. Quizás por eso perduran aún ciertos enigmas.
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Restaurarán en su
estilo original la última casa de Carlos Gardel
Sábado 9 de diciembre de 2000 -
Clarín.com
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Some
of Gardel's Personal Belongings on display in the Tango museum in San
Telmo
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My Carlos Gardel Collection
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Organizan un congreso sobre Gardel - Congress on Gardel in organizational stage
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MARZO
DE 1893: ARRIBAN A BUENOS AIRES BERTHA GARDES Y SU HIJO CHARLES
ROMUALD GARDES (CARLOS GARDEL).
Carlitos Gardel tenía solo dos años y tres meses cuando
contempló por primera vez a su "Buenos Aires querido" Otra
prueba más del origen francés del ídolo. Colaboración: Jorge
Galopa y Juan C. Orofino 19 de marzo de 2004.
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Gardel's hand-written Last Will and Testament
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