Horacio Ferrer

Horacio Ferrer ( born June 2, 1933, Montevideo, Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan poet, lyric poet, reciter, librettist, journalist, writer and tango historian. A long collaboration with "Tango King" Astor Piazzolla and an extensive work will make it to the major figures of the tango in the second half of the twentieth century.

Life

Horacio Ferrer came from an artistic interest, middle-class family from Montevideo. Even as a child he wrote poetry, puppet plays and milongas, he not infrequently aufführte itself and einsang. The visits to a living in Buenos Aires uncle awoke his interest in tango. At the beginning of the 1950s, first texts written for tango, but he is still not known. While studying architecture, he began radio broadcasts in which tangos were performed, which also included his lyrics, with the title " Seleccion de tango ". In 1955 he met Astor Piazzolla then know, the greatest tango composer of the twentieth century, and given a long-standing partnership and a depth coined friendship. Cooperation between the two lasted until 1973.

For seven years he served as editor in chief, temporarily Director and Illustrator even for Tango magazine " Tanqueando " active. A second degree he hung on 1956-1959 his now extensive work and its standard course of study; he studied formally bandoneon playing at the Conservatory, studying architecture, he later broke off. In 1960 he also published his first book. Since 1967, he had his tangos and a frequent guest on radio and television, especially in Uruguay and Argentina. Also was briefly treated as an ordinary journalist for the morning newspaper " El Dia" active. He often recites his own poems at events with or without music.

The actual, final breakthrough came in 1967 with the setting of a number of his poems under the title " Romancero Canuyengue " in Argentina, making him made ​​known throughout the country, mainly because of the well-known guitarist Agustín Carlevaro while playing the guitar.

María de Buenos Aires

The well - even the world - was best-known work, involved in the Ferrer, was the only opera that had written Piazzolla and was listed in 1968: María de Buenos Aires, a work which underwent 100 performances in Argentina, celebrated great successes and also was recorded on phonograms. Ferrer played himself in the play the role of " El Duende ". The opera includes 16 images. The entire libretto by Ferrer.

Since this success, Ferrer is a well known and famous artists in Uruguay and Argentina and some parts of Latin America.

Work

Books (selection)

  • El Tango. Su historia y evolucion, 1960 ( The Tango. Its history and its development )
  • Oscar del Priore with: Inventario del tango. 1849-1998, Buenos Aires 1999

Albums ( selection)

  • Astor Piazzolla / Horacio Ferrer: María de Buenos Aires, 1968.
  • Horacio Salgany / Horacio Ferrer: Oratorio Carlos Gardel para Orquestra Sinfonia, coro mixto, solistas y recistas, 1992.

Famous Tangos, the texts of Ferrer included (selection)

  • Cancion de las venusinos
  • La bicicleta blanca
  • Fabula para Gardel
  • El gordo triste
  • Chiquilin de Bachin

Swell

  • Http://www.klassika.info/Librettisten/Ferrer_Horacio
  • Author
  • Literature ( Spanish)
  • Poetry
  • Libretto
  • Tango
  • Journalist
  • Uruguayan
  • Born in 1933
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