Pascual Contursi

Pascual Contursi

personal-info

known-for

Writing

gender

Male

birthday

1888-11-18

place-of-birth

Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

also-known-as

biography

Pascual Contursi was a well-known Argentine tango playwright, musician and lyricist. He was the author of several tango lyrics, among which "Mi noche triste" stands out, considered the first tango-song and performed by Carlos Gardel in 1917.