Homero Manzi

Homero Manzi, 1942

Homero Manzi (born November 1, 1907 in Añatuya , Argentina , † May 3, 1951 in Buenos Aires ) was a tango poet , author of many famous tangos.

Life

Manzi was born as Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera on November 1, 1907 in Añatuya, Santiago del Estero Province. He has been interested in literature and tango since his youth. After a brief foray into journalism, Manzi worked as a professor of literature and Spanish, but for political reasons (he was a member of the Unión Cívica Radical ) he was dismissed and decided to devote himself to the arts.

In 1935 he participated in the founding of the FORJA (Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina - Association of Radical Orientation of the Argentine Youth), a group whose position was classified as "national nationalism". She was active in Argentina and the rest of Latin America and believed Argentina was still in a colonial situation. With regard to the situation in Europe, the group supported a neutral position, both fascism and communism were rejected.

In 1934 Manzi founded Micrófono (microphone) magazine , which dealt with broadcasting, Argentine film, and filmmaking. In 1937, he and Hugo Mac Dougall wrote the screenplay for Nobleza Gaucha , a new version of the silent film Huella (Footprint) (1940), for which they received an award, and Confesión (Confession) (1940). None of the three films, however, had much commercial success.

1940 began his long collaboration with Ulyses Petit de Murat, with whom he first wrote the film scores for Con el dedo en el gatillo (Finger on the trigger) (1940) and Fortín alto (High Fort) (1940).

However, Manzi has become known for his numerous tangos. In the Boedo district , an intersection was named after Manzi in his honor. In Nueva Pompeya a mural commemorates him. In 1951 he died in Buenos Aires.

Tangos by Homero Manzi

Arrabal Milonga Así Es El Tango Ay De Mí Bandoneón Amigo Barrio De Tango Betinotti Milonga Borracho Porque Digo La Verdad Buenos Aires Colina Chata Canto De Ausencia Carnavalera Che bandoneon Cornetín Dale Dale Definiciones Para Esperar Mi Muerte Desde El Alma Despues De Ayer A Hoy De Barro Discepolín El Pescante El Romantico Fulero El Último Organito Ensueño (waltz) En Un Ranchito De Alsina - Nobleza De Arrabal Esquinas Porteñas (Waltz) Eufemio Pizarro Fruta Amarga

Fueye Fuimos Gato Gota De Lluvia (Waltz) Horizons Juan Manuel La Mariposa Y La Flor Tango Canción La Pequeña Canción Llanto Llorarás, Llorarás (Waltz) Malena Mariana Milonga Mañana Zarpa Un Barco Milonga Del 900 Milonga De Los Fortines Milonga De Puente Alsina Milonga Sentimental Milonga Triste Milongón Mi Taza De Café Monte Criollo Muchacho Del Cafetin Negra María Milonga Candombe Negro Lindo Ninguna Oro Y Plata

Paisaje (waltz) Papá Baltasar Pena Mulata Milonga Por Qué Ramayón Recién Romance De Barrio (Waltz) Romántica (waltz) Ronda De Ases Ropa Blanca Rosedal Se Va La Murga Sur Vez Será Su Voz valley tango Tapera Te Lloran Mis Ojos Torrente Sad Paica Tu Pálida Voz Una Lagrima Tuya Valsecito De Antes (Waltz) Veinticuatro De Agosto Viejo Ciego Voz De Tango Yo Soy Del 30

Individual evidence

Web links

• Works by Homero Manzi in tango.info

1. ↑ http://www.todotango.com/creadores/ficha/48/Homero-Manzi
2. ↑ Buchrucker, Cristian, Nacionalismo y peronismo pp. 258-269, 1987, Buenos Aires. Editorial Sudamericana, ISBN 950-07-0430-7
3. ↑ Salas, Horacio, Homero Manzi y su tiempo p. 198, 2001, Buenos Aires, Javier Vergara editor, ISBN 950-15-2244-X
4. ↑ Homero Manzi: Corners in Buenos Aires: Tangos, Milongas, Valses, etc. Canciones (Spanish-German) = Esquinas Porteñas . Ed .: Eckart Haerter [Ed. u. Übers.] 3., new edit. and exp. Tango Productions Haerter, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-9809306-6-6 , pp. 276 ( d-nb.info [accessed February 4, 2017]).