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Born in Córdoba in the early 1940s,
cuarteto
is Argentina's original pop music. Despised by the
middle and upper classes for its arresting rhythm and offbeat musical pattern (called the '
tunga-
tunga
'), as well as for its working-class lyrics, it's definitely music from the margins. Although
definitively
cordobés
(from Córdoba), it's played in working-class bars, dance halls and stadiums
throughout the country.
