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Cuarteto (Spanish: quartet), sometimes called cuartetazo or tunga-tunga, is a musical genre born in Córdoba, Argentina. Córdobas coat of arms Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the SuquÃa River, about 700 km west-northwest from Buenos Aires. ...
The roots of the cuarteto ensemble are in Italian and Spanish dance ensambles. The name was coined due to the fact that the early dance-hall numbers were invariably four-piece bands (violin-piano-accordion-bass). This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
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A 24-bass piano accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. ...
Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ...
In the 1970s, cuarteto became one of the cornerstones of Córdoba's cultural identity—together with Hortensia magazine. Both reflected a local brand of popular culture overlooked by the establishment, and proposed an alternative to the Buenos Aires-centered culture that television was spreading to the rest of the country. Buenos Aires (English: ; originally , City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds;[1] pronounced ) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port. ...
Cuarteto was one of the genres that gave birth to the Buenos Aires tropical scene, which was renamed as bailanta in the 1990s following the usage of Corrientes province. Corrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. ...
Famous Names
Cuarteto Leo was the leading cuarteto band for almost 30 years, into the 1970s. It established the sonic texture that prevails in cuarteto to this day.
In the 1980s, Carlos Mona Jiménez became the foremost exponent of cuarteto after the break-up of his two-member Cuarteto de Oro ("Golden Quartet"). He established a pattern of nonsense humor and extravagant behavior that many tried to ape without much success. One of his most popular songs was Quién se ha tomado todo el vino ("Who drank all the wine?"), which was danced with a characteristic hand move. Juan Carlos Jiménez Juan Carlos Jimenez (La Mona) was born on January 11th of 1951 in Cordoba, Argentina. ...
Others, such as producer-bandleader Negro Videla, traveled to the Dominican Republic and Colombia to expand the range of their repertoire. Videla is the unofficial ambassador of Dominican music in cuarteto, with successful covers of merengue hits.
Since the late 1980s, the Tru-la-lá band has enjoyed great support from dancers. At one point they were endorsed by the Catholic church for avoiding racy themes in their lyrics. All in all, they have sold over a million records and performed in some 5,000 dates.
Rodrigo Bueno became the leading cuarteto singer in the mid-1990s, and made inroads into Buenos Aires middle-class audiences. He died in a car crash in June 25, 2000. Many people believe the crash was not an accident, as Rodrigo was (allegedly) a pawn in a feud between rival mobsters. His song La mano de Dios (The Hand of God), which celebrates Diego Maradona through his most famous goal, has become a dance classic in Argentina, and was covered by Maradona himself in his successful 2005 talk show. Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno (b. ...
Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960), is a former Argentine football player. ...
Maradona left, Shilton right The Hand of God goal (Spanish: Mano de Dios) was scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-final match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup between England and Argentina, played on 22 June 1986 in Mexico Citys Estadio Azteca. ...
As of 2006, some of the most popular cuarteto artists are: 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- Carlitos "La Mona" Jiménez
- La Barra
- La Fiesta
- Tru-la-la
- La Banda de Carlitos
- Mega Track
- Sabroso
- Jean Carlos
- Rodrigo Bueno
Rodrigo Alejandro Bueno (b. ...
See also Leading Argentine singer, Mercedes Sosa (right), with the First Lady of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, September 2005 Internationally, Argentina is known mostly for the tango, which developed in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay. ...
External links - TungaTunga - Spanish language portal
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