12 Facts About Horacio Ferrer

Horacio Arturo Ferrer Ezcurra was a Uruguayan-Argentine poet, broadcaster, reciter and tango lyricist.

Horacio Ferrer is particularly well known for having composed the lyrics for tangos by Astor Piazzolla, such as Balada para un loco and Chiquilin de Bachin.

Horacio Ferrer had a close relationship with his brother, Eduardo, to whom he dedicated several of his lyrics.

The family paid frequent visits to his mother's brother in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Ferrer learnt to play tangos on the guitar by ear.

Horacio Ferrer studied architecture and engineering for eight years but never graduated.

Horacio Ferrer's first meeting with Piazzolla in 1955, after Piazzolla returned from France, would prove an important turning point in Horacio Ferrer's life.

Horacio Ferrer published his first book in 1959 entitled El Tango: su historia y evolucion and until 1967 broadcast programmes about the history of tango for Sodre, one of the radio stations of the official Uruguayan network.

Piazzolla and Horacio Ferrer now started to compose a series of tangos, with a clear social commitment, such as the well-known Chiquilin de Bachin and Juanito Laguna ayuda a su madre.

Horacio Ferrer worked with a series of renowned tango musicians such as Roberto Grela, Leopoldo Federico and Paul Garello and with Horacio Salgan he composed the Oratorio Carlos Gardel in 1975.

Horacio Ferrer is responsible for the lyrics of other tangos, including Balada para mi muerte, El gordo triste and El hombrecito blanco.

Horacio Ferrer's funeral was in the city legislature, and then he was cremated in the Cementerio de la Chacarita.

Horacio Ferrer's ashes were scattered on the Rio de la Plata.