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  "name": "Gerardo Matos Rodríguez",
  "description": "Gerardo Matos Rodríguez appears once in our Tango list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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      "title": "La Cumparsita",
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      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Written by a Uruguayan student and now the tune every tango evening ends with, everywhere on earth. Its authorship was litigated for decades, which is very much in the spirit of the thing.",
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