Name this tune

[Renaldo]

Need help naming this tune, which will hopefully lead to the sheet music ! Thanks guys. Tune starts at 0.53

 

[JeffJetton]

Bumping this because I want to know too! Some sort of tango, obviously, but not one I've ever heard before.

Anyone?

 

[Piotr]

0:54 - This is old polish tango „ To ostatnia niedziela” written by Jerzy Petersburski in 1935.
And this is my performance of this tune:



And free scores:

https://staremelodie.pl/nuty_download.php?pdf=to_ostatnia_niedziela_od_tadzia.pdf

 

[JeffJetton]

The mystery is solved! Thanks, Piotr.

Some interesting info on the tune's Wikipedia article. Apparently it's nicknamed the "Suicide Tango"!

(And, after reading a translation of the lyrics, I can see why.)

 

[Valski]

The mystery is solved! Thanks, Piotr.

Some interesting info on the tune's Wikipedia article. Apparently it's nicknamed the "Suicide Tango"!

(And, after reading a translation of the lyrics, I can see why.)

It's a famous old Polish tango and while it's not an upbeat tune the Wikipedia translation gives a word for word version but missed the context so "suicide tango" is a little extreme.

Wikipedia is a collection of articles written by various people who may or may not be qualified to claim expertise on their chosen subject. Musical tastes change and a lot of 1930's music had a tendency to be rather melodramatic.

 

[Renaldo]

0:54 - This is old polish tango „ To ostatnia niedziela” written by Jerzy Petersburski in 1935.
And this is my performance of this tune:



And free scores:

https://staremelodie.pl/nuty_download.php?pdf=to_ostatnia_niedziela_od_tadzia.pdf

Great, thanks a lot !

 

[OuijaBoard]

I've loved this free-reed rendition of "Ostatnia Niedziela" for years now . . . I've always found concertina under-used and under-appreciated for Eastern European as well as tango music . . .

 

[AndyM]

Vocal version was by Mieczyslaw Fogg...


Words are about lost love, so, as Valski said, Suicide Tango is a bit extreme.