Por una cabeza
Por una cabeza ( Spanish : 'around the head [of a horse]') is a popular tango by Carlos Gardel (music) and Alfredo Le Pera (text) from 1935. The song comes from the musical film Tango Bar by John Reinhardt and is about a notorious gambler who describes his addiction to gambling in connection with horse racing with the attraction of a woman.
Le Pera and Gardel died together in a plane crash in Medellín , Colombia, on June 24, 1935. The premiere of the film Tango Bar took place a few days later on July 5, 1935 in New York .
Melodic origin
The most memorable part of the melody comes from Mozart's Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major (KV 373) (after two thirds of the piece).
use
This piece is part of the film music of many other well-known films, for example
- Schindler's List ,
- Scent of a Woman ,
- Delicatessen ,
- True Lies (two scenes: at the beginning Tia Carrere and Arnold Schwarzenegger dance, at the end Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis )
- Titanic
- Mother has to go (in the dance scene with Bastian Pastewka and Rosalie Thomass)
- House of Money (Episode 1, Part 2)
- The game of power
