Cristóbal Herreros

Cristóbal Herreros (14 September 1909 – 18 December 2002) was a bandoneonist, orchestra conductor, and composer dedicated to the tango genre who carried out his work in Argentina.

Professional career His family emigrated to Argentina when he was five years old, and they lived in the city of Baradero and later in Campana, where he began studying music, focusing especially on the bandoneon.

In his teenage years, he joined an orchestra made up of musicians of German origin, whose repertoire included the tangos Derecho viejo and 9 de Julio. In 1937, the members of the orchestra — among them Héctor Stamponi, Enrique Francini, and Armando Pontier — moved to Buenos Aires to perform on a popular Radio Prieto program called Las matinées de Juan Manuel.

Among the tangos in Morán's repertoire with Herreros were San José de Flores, El abrojito, Maleza, Por qué, Mentira, Hoy al recordarla, Por qué no has venido, Yuyo verde, and two pieces by Herreros: Tango soy, with lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti, and Ramayón, a tango about a malevo who was killed at the door of a milonga, based on lyrics that Homero Manzi gave him at the request of Nelly Omar, when Herreros was accompanying her with his sextet on a tour through Córdoba. He also composed the music for the anthem of the city of Las Heras, with lyrics by Felipe de Robles.

Cristóbal Herreros died in the province of Buenos Aires on 18 December 2002.