Fabrice Knecht Tango DJ
Fabrice Knecht Tango DJ
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These Tangos, Valses, and Milongas were recorded around the same time. Take a look to discover what else this orchestra—or others—may have recorded during the same week or even on the exact same day.
Un vals (Se fue) is a Tango written by Oscar Rubens and composed by Horacio Salgán.
“Un vals (Se fue)” portrays a poignant narrative of deep emotional encounters and separations, as evident from the opening lines where the narrator unexpectedly finds someone who is broken and defeated. The journey starts with mutual suffering and the need for love, subsequently evolving into an intense but fleeting romantic engagement. The essence of fleeting time and the temporary nature of relationships are fundamental themes here, encapsulated in the dance metaphor—an allegory of entering and exiting one’s life akin to the brief participation in a waltz.
The metaphor of a waltz plays a significant role in symbolizing the tempo and cycles of relationships. The lines “Llegó…lo dice el alma mía. Partió…repito en mi agonía,” suggest a soulful dance of coming together and parting, mirroring the narrator’s emotional state in a rhythmic lament of love found and lost. This waltz symbolizes not just a physical dance, but the dance of life and love, revealing the highs of passionate union and the lows of separation. The striking symbolism illustrated by “se fue llevando mi alegría,” conveys how the departure of the beloved also marks the extraction of joy from the narrator’s life, suggesting love’s power to color and then drain life’s vigor.
Written during the World War II era in 1943, “Un vals (Se fue)” resonates with a universal theme of loss and longing amidst a turbulent period. Argentina, though geographically distant from the main theatres of war, was not impervious to its socio-economic ripples and the emotional undertow experienced globally. This context enriches the tango’s thematic layers, reflecting individual emotional battles against the backdrop of a greater global unrest, encapsulating a sense of uncertainty and transient joys which mirrored the impermanent and often volatile world state of that era.
Oscar Rubens was a prominent lyrical composer in the Argentine Tango scene, known for his deep, emotive compositions that often explored themes of love, loss, and human emotion.