| 18 Museo Carlos Gardel |
 |
 |
|
|
|
Technical Specifications:
Location: 735 Jean Jaurés
Neighbourhood: Abasto
Opening: 2003
Buses: 29, 41, 61, 62, 64, 68, 75, 99, 106, 118, 140, 188.
Subway: Line B, Carlos Gardel Station
Website: www.museos.buenosaires.gov.ar/gardel.htm
Carlos Gardel was one of the most popular artists from the National and international history, and he is still a symbol for the "porteños." The museum is located in the last house the singer lived in Buenos Aires.
Gardel was born in 1890 in Toulouse, France, and he arrived to Buenos Aires with his mother two years later. He was raised in the Abasto neighbourhood, and in the 10's he started to sing country songs and milongas; later on he turned into the pioneer of the tango-song. His way of singing is still canonical.
Gardel recorded albums and acted in movies in Latin America, Europe, and United States; he also composed songs that became classics, such as "El día que me quieras," "Arrabal Amargo," "Volver," and "Cuesta Abajo."
He died in a plane crash in Medellín, Colombia, in 1935. He was buried in the Chacarita Cemetery, where his tomb can be visited.
In 1927 Gardel bought the house that nowadays hosts the museum for his mother Berta. He lived in this house with her until the last year he spent in Argentina, in 1933.
The construction, a "Casa Chorizo," is typical from the first half of the 20th Century.
The museum, dependent on the government of Buenos Aires, exhibits personal articles from Gardel and samples of his work.
|
|
|
