His work as Poet

Al Verla Pasar (As I Saw Her)

Angustia (Anguish)

Cada Vez Que Me Recuerdes (Every Time You Remember Me)

Cosas Olvidadas (Forgotten Things)

Cristal (Crystal)

En Esta Tarde Gris (On This Grey Afternoon)

En Este Rincón Amigo (In This Friendly Corner)

Es Mejor Perdonar (It’s Better to Forgive)

Garras (Claws)

Gricel (Gricel)

Junto A Tu Corazón (Close To Your Heart)

La Noche Que Te Fuiste (The Night You Went Away)

Lo Mismo Que Antes (Same As Before)

Más Allá (Far and Beyond)

Mi Tango Triste (My Sad Tango)

Mis Amigos De Ayer (My Friends From Yesterday)

Pena De Amor (Love's Sorrow)

Quiero Verte Una Vez Más (I Want to See You One More Time)

Sin Lágrimas (Without Tears)

Sólo Tú (Only You)

Sombras, Nada Más (Shadows, Nothing More)

Tabaco (Tobacco)

Toda Mi Vida (My Whole Life)

Tú (You)

Verdemar (Seagreen)

Y La Perdí (And I Lost Her)

Y No Puede Ser (And It Cannot Be)

Milonga

Milonga De Mis Amores (My Beloved Milonga)

Vals

Bajo Un Cielo De Estrellas (Beneath a Star Filled Sky)

Valsecito Amigo (Friendly Little Waltz)

Chronology

1911.10.31 Born in Lanús as an only son of Pascual Contursi who started the era of tango canción and Hilda Briamo

1913 Parents separated

1928 Graduated from Colegio San José

1932 Father Pascual Contursi pass away.

    Married Alina Alicia Zarate and their first daughter Ethel was born

1933 His first tango vals, Tu Nombre was published. (it was written in 1925) 

          Started working as announcer at Radio Stentor. (until 1938)

1935 Contursi and Gricel meet at Radio Stentor

1937 Angustia, Milonga De Mis Amores

1938 Contursi suffered from serious intestinal disease and went to Capilla Del Monte to recuperate

          In the end he chose to go back to his wife and his daughter. 

          He also worked at Ministry of Agriculture and as a film critique

1939 Quiero Verte Una Vez Más, Más Allá, Y No Puede Ser

1940 Second daughter Amalia was born. Started working as a secretary at SADAIC.  Cosas Olvidadas

1941 Daughter Hebe was born. “Toda Mi Vida”, “En Esta Tarde Gris”, Bajo Un Cielo De Estrellas, En Este Rincón Amigo, Lo Mismo Que Antes, Sólo Tú

1942 Contursi and Mores compose “Gricel”, Junto A Tu Corazón, Al Verla Pasar, Es Mejor Perdonar

1943 Cada Vez Que Me Recuerdes, Verdemar, Pena De Amor, Valsecito Amigo

1944 Cristal, Garras, Sombras, Nada Más, Tabaco

1945 La Noche Que Te Fuiste, Mis Amigos De Ayer

1946 Sin Lágrimas, Mi Tango Triste

1947 Y La Perdí

1948 The family moved to Chaco 20. (Pascual's brother Rafael had to sell his house where all of them lived.)

1949 Tú, Gricel married Jorge Camba (he left her in 1950s and moved away).

1952 Wrote script for biographic movie of his father Pascual Contursi "Mi Noche Triste"

1955 Revolution removes Perón, Contursi loses his job at SADAIC

1956 Contursi’s mother pass away

1957 Contursi’s wife pass away

1962 Friend of Contursi, Ciriaco Ortiz moves back to Córdoba and tell Gricel to visit Contursi

1967 Contursi and Gricel get married

1969 Contursi move to Capilla De Monte to live with Gricel

1972 Contrusi pass away from liver failure

1994 Gricel passed away