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According to various sources, this is considered Filiberto’s first tango composition. +
"Gurisa" in Rioplatense Spanish (the variant of Spanish spoken in the Río de la Plata basin, including Buenos Aires) is an affectionate, colloquial term that could be translated as "young girl" or "lass." It's a term of endearment or informality. +
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Ranchera +
M. López - [[TITAF-P-3141410]] or [[TITAF-P-5862109]] or another one +
Remark from [[Carlos Puente]]
Beautiful tango by Discépolo for which no commercial recordings are known to exist. Later, using the same music, the piece "Andrajos" was created in 1961 with lyrics completed by Alberto Laureano Martínez — this version was recorded by several performers at the time.
== Media ==
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'''Hijo de la Luna''' (''Son of the Moon'') is a widely known Spanish song originally written by [[José María Cano]] and performed by the band [[Mecano]], featuring lead vocalist [[Ana Torroja]]. First released in 1986 on the album Entre el cielo y el suelo, the song became a major success across the Spanish-speaking world. It has since been translated and covered in numerous languages and styles.
One of the most commercially successful cover versions was by the Dutch-German singer [[Loona]], whose rendition topped the German singles chart from 28 December 1998 to 16 January 1999, and reached number two in Switzerland.
== Theme and Narrative ==
''Hijo de la Luna'' presents a poetic, tragic narrative inspired by a [[Romani]] (Roma) legend. The song’s lyrics tell the story of a Roma woman who, longing for love, prays to the Moon to help her marry a man of her community (a calé). The Moon agrees, but demands the woman’s first-born child in exchange.
When the child is born, his pale white skin and grey eyes alarm the couple, who both have dark features. The lyrics suggest that the child is the Moon’s son—an albino gifted by the celestial entity. The man, suspecting infidelity with a non-Roma (''payo''), murders his wife in a fit of jealousy. He then abandons the baby on a mountaintop, where the Moon takes the child to raise as her own.
Each time the child cries, the Moon is said to wane or crescent in order to comfort him—cradling him in her light.
== Lyrics and Symbolism ==
The chorus poetically questions the Moon's desire for motherhood, noting her lack of a partner. In some translations (notably French), the lyrics add depth to this imagery:
<blockquote> “Tell me, silvery Moon, You who have no arms, How will you rock the child?” </blockquote>
The final stanza resolves this poetic question by saying that the Moon crescents to become a cradle of light whenever the child weeps.
A key symbolic element in the song is the Moon’s skepticism toward the mother's love, suggesting that any woman willing to trade her child for love might not be worthy of motherhood.
== Visual and Cultural References ==
The music video for the Italian version Figlio della luna draws aesthetic influence from [[Carlos Saura]]’s 1981 film Blood Wedding (Bodas de sangre), connecting the song to a broader Iberian tradition of tragic and mystical storytelling through dance and flamenco imagery.
== Legacy ==
''Hijo de la Luna'' remains one of Mecano’s most haunting and enduring works. The fusion of folklore, poetry, and tragedy in its lyrics has led to countless reinterpretations across different cultures and genres. It is widely performed in both pop and classical contexts and is often cited as a prime example of poetic storytelling in Spanish-language music.
[https://www.discogs.com/release/2334559-Astor-Piazzolla-Chansons-De-Fernando-E-Solanas-Et-Jos%C3%A9-Luis-Casti%C3%B1eira-De-Dios-Tangos-LExil-De-Gar More Info] +
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[https://staremelodie.pl/piosenka/668/I_coz_zostalo_mi More Info] +
Also versions with other authors such as with [[TITAF-P-7029440]] and [[TITAF-P-8298428]] together with [[TITAF-P-9883045]] +
[[TITAF-P-6702484]] +
[https://www.discogs.com/release/26139851-Leo-Sujatovich-Tr%C3%ADo-de-C%C3%A1mara-Tangos More Info] +
Ivette is a tango with disputed authorship. Most early sheet music attributes the music to the duo Costa–Roca, namely [[TITAF-P-9505819|Enrique Costa]] and [[TITAF-P-2938904|Julio A. Roca]]. A 1918 contract documents Roca selling the rights to [[TITAF-P-3591824|Augusto Berto]]. However, several researchers, including José Gobello, claim the actual composer was [[TITAF-P-4313609|José Martínez]], who allegedly wrote the piece at the café "Las Violetas" and signed it over to Costa and Roca to settle personal debts. According to Orlando del Greco, Berto also claimed authorship. The lyrics are by [[TITAF-P-6045104|Pascual Contursi]], likely written during his stay in Montevideo between 1914 and 1917. +
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[https://staremelodie.pl/piosenka/1479/Jeden_kwiat More Info] +
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[https://www.discogs.com/release/9861218-Quartango-Espresso More Info] +
[https://www.encyclopedisque.fr/artiste/21406.html More Info] +
Juan Y. D'Lorah - Joint pseudonym of Harold Spina (music) & Johnny Burke (lyrics). "Juan" was used for Johnny Burke and "D'Lorah" is just Harold spelled backwards. +