Jorge Cafrune
Jorge Antonio Cafrune (born August 8, 1937 in Jujuy , † February 1, 1978 in Tigre ), called "El Turco" (the Turk), was one of the most popular Argentinian folk singers and a researcher, collector and disseminator of Argentinian culture.
Life
Jorge Cafrune was born in the Estancia "La Matilde" of El Sunchal, in Perico , a town in the Jujuy province. Because of his ancestry, his grandparents are Syrian and Lebanese immigrants, he was nicknamed "Turco" (Eng. Turk). He completed his schooling in San Salvador de Jujuy , where he took guitar lessons from Nicolas Lamadrid.
In 1957 he recorded his first record with the band Las voces de Huayra , which was renamed Los Cantores del Alba in 1960 and was managed by Ariel Ramírez. From 1962 Cafrune initiated in Cosquín the "Festival Internacional de Folklore de Cosquín". At his suggestion, Mercedes Sosa took part in it in 1965. In 1966, on one of his visits to the smaller villages, he met the young singer José Larralde, whom he also promoted.
In 1967 he went on tour under the motto “De a caballo por mi patria” as a tribute to Ángel Vicente “Chacho” Peñaloza. Following the example of the gauchos, Cafrune traveled across Argentina to carry their art across the country.
After living in Spain for several years, where he married Lourdes López Garzón, he returned to his country in 1977. At that time Argentina was under the military dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla . The government saw Cafrune's music as a threat, especially in his political songs Zamba de mi esperanza and Luna Cautiva , which he performed shortly before his death at the Festival de Cosquin : “Even if it is not part of the approved repertoire, if it is mine People demand, I will sing it. "
On January 31, 1978, he began a ride with Fino Gutiérrez that was supposed to lead 750 km from the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to Yapeyú , the birthplace of the national hero José de San Martín . On the Ruta Provincial 27 (. Tirso de Molina and Av Benavidez) they were in the late evening by a Dodge - pickup approached. Cafrune suffered injuries to his chest and head from the fall and hoof kicks, to which he died that same night. At the wheel was 19-year-old Héctor Emilio Díaz, who was later acquitted.
Lt. Col. Carlos Enrique Villanueva, who was working at the La Perla concentration camp in the province of Cordoba at the time, was quoted by Liliana Geuna detained there: "He had to be killed to forestall other [opponents of the government]." First Lieutenant Salvador Horacio Paino quoted former Minister López Rega: "This Turk doesn't deserve to die in a bed ... you have to break up with him before his voice and his cursed guitar do it to me."
Filming of his life
His life has been filmed several times:
| title | year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Cosquín, amor y folklore | 1965 | Delfor María Beccaglia |
| Ya tiene comisario el pueblo | 1965 | Enrique Carreras |
| El cantor enamorado | 1969 | Juan Antonio Serna |
| Argentinísima | 1972 | Fernando Ayala and Héctor Olivera |
| El canto cuenta su historia | 1976 | Fernando Ayala and Héctor Olivera |
Discography
| title | year | producer |
|---|---|---|
| Las voces de Huayra | 1957 | Columbia |
| folklore | 1962 | H. y R. |
| Tope Puestero | ||
| Cafrune | ||
| Jorge Cafrune | ||
| Emoción, Canto y Guitarra | 1964 | CBS |
| Cuando llegue el alba | ||
| Que seas vos | ||
| Ando cantándole al viento y no sólo por cantar | 1965 | |
| El Chacho, Vida y muerte de un caudillo - Mono 8599 | ||
| La Independencia | 1966 | |
| Yo digo lo que siento | ||
| Jorge Cafrune | 1967 | |
| Yo he visto cantar al viento | 1968 | |
| Este destino cantor | 1969 | |
| Zamba por vos | ||
| Jorge Cafrune interpreta a José Pedroni | 1970 | |
| Lindo haberlo vivido para poderlo contar | 1971 | |
| Labrador del canto | ||
| Yo le canto al Paraguay | ||
| Virgen India (con Marito) | 1972 | |
| Aquí me pongo a contar… Cosas del Martín Fierro | ||
| De mi madre (con Marito) | ||
| De lejanas tierras. Jorge Cafrune le canta a Eduardo Falú y Atahualpa Yupanqui | ||
| Siempre se vuelve | 1975 | |
| Jorge Cafrune en la ONU | 1976 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Aunque no está en el repertorio autorizado, si mi pueblo me la pide, la voy a cantar."
- ↑ José Alberto Novau: Centauro indómito y arquetipo de un a hombre libre ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 7, 2004
- ↑ “ Había que matarlo para prevenir a los otros. “ Juan Ignacio Irigaray: Menem quiere ascender al presunto homicida de Jorge Cafrune , in El Mundo , June 23, 1997
- ↑ " Ese turco no merece morir en una cama ... hay que terminar con él, antes que su voz y su maldita guitarra dates conmigo ". Juan Carlos Kreimer: Galopador contra el viento , in Pagina / 12 , February 1, 2009
- ↑ Jorge Cafrune in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ http://folkloreando.blogspot.com/2007/03/jorge-cafrune-discografia-i.html
Web links
- Interview with Jorge Cafrune (Engl.) ( Memento of 13 October 2007 at the Internet Archive )
- About the events in Villanueva (Engl.) ( Memento of 1 February 2004 at the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cafrune, Jorge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | El Turco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine singer, researcher, collector and propagator of Argentine culture |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jujuy Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1978 |
| Place of death | Tigre (Argentina) |