It’s a tango! It’s ragtime! It’s ‘El Apache Argentino’ (videos)


What do we know about Uruguayan-turned-Argentinian pianist and composer Manuel Aróztegui? Not too much other than he wrote this crazy cool tune at the turn of the last century — i.e, 1900! Here’s the composer’s “ragtime tango” El Apache Argentino as performed by Juanjo Domínguez on classical guitar.

And here’s the same tune on ragtime style on a player piano:

Mas…It’s a tango! It’s ragtime! It’s ‘El Apache Argentino’ (videos)