This tango, which is considered one of the primal tangos - the tango of all tangos ("el tango de los tangos"), was composed in 1917 by the Uruguayan youthful Rodriguez as a march (la cumparsita, Spanish = "little street parade"), but was reworked into a tango in the same year by the Argentine tango musician Roberto Firpo. The present arrangement for 4 double basses is arranged in such a way that the first double bass plays in the high register throughout and, with descending numbering of the basses, the register becomes lower and lower. The fourth double bass is then also notated in bass clef throughout.