Tango Por Una Cabeza - String Orchestra - LM378

COMPOSER : Carolos Gardel

ARRANGER : Peter Simons

ISMN : 9790570003785

A new addition to the string orchestra repertoire.

Scored for:

• Solo Violin 1
• Solo Violin 2

• Violin 1
• Violin 2
• Viola
• Violoncello
• Double Bass

"Por una Cabeza" is a tango song written in 1935 with music by Carlos Gardel and lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera.

The name is a Spanish horse-racing phrase meaning "by a head", which refers to a horse winning a race narrowly – by just the length of its head. The lyrics speak of a compulsive horse-track gambler who compares his addiction for horses with his attraction to women.

Le Pera and Gardel died in an aeroplane crash in Medellín, on Monday, June 24, 1935