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Perfidia
A bolero of betrayal that conquered the world. Alberto Domínguez wrote 'Perfidia' ('faithlessness') in 1939, and within a year it had crossed every border —...
Open in the interactive experienceA bolero of betrayal that conquered the world. Alberto Domínguez wrote 'Perfidia' ('faithlessness') in 1939, and within a year it had crossed every border — Xavier Cugat's Hollywood orchestration, then Glenn Miller's swing-band instrumental that made it a wartime American hit. From Mexican bolero to big-band standard to Linda Ronstadt's canciones revival, it's proof that heartbreak translates into any language.
- Composer
- Alberto Domínguez
- Year
- 1939
- Lineage
- bolero-son