” Por una cabeza ” in spanish means a head [of a horse] which is the most popular tango song .  John Williams arranged a version of the piece and it appears on the album “Cinema Serenade”, with violin solo by Itzhak Perlman. Williams (conducting) and Perlman have also performed the piece during their live concerts together.

The song  has been performed by numerous tango orchestras and is commonly featured in films and television like “scent of a woman” starring Al Pacino which is the most famous one .

Listen  :

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Use the following link to download this track from The tango project :

http://loudmusic.blog.com/files/2011/01/Por-una-cabeza.mp3