Ernesto Acher

Ernesto Acher, born on October 9, 1939, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and orchestral conductor. He was a member of Les Luthiers between 1971 and 1986. He later formed the "Banda Elástica" group.

Instruments played within Les Luthiers

* Accordion:
** "Cuarteto Opus 44"

* Bongoes:
** "Bolero de los Celos"
** "Cartas de Color"

* Calephone da Casa:
** "Visita a la Universidad de Wildstone"

* Cello Legüero:
** "Cuarteto Opus 44"

* Clarinet:
** "Brotan Und Gretchen"
** "Canción para Moverse"
** "Concierto de Mpkstroff"
** "Cuarteto Opus 44"
** "Le Nuit De Paris"
** "Papa Garland ..."
** "Serenata Tímida"
** "Sinfonía Interrumpida"
** "Truthful Lulu Pulls Thru Zullus"

* Conga Percussion:
** "Cantata Del Adelantado Don Rodrigo"

* Cymbals:
** "El Beso de Ariadna"

* Drums:
** "Cartas de Color"
** "El Asesino Misterioso"
** "Homenaje a Huesito Williams"
** "La Bossa Nostra"
** "La Tanda"
** "Rock del Amor y la Paz"
** "Teorema de Thales"

* Gom Horn Da Testa (Trumpet):
** "Cartas de Color"
** "El Asesino Misterioso"
** "El Beso de Ariadna"
** "Marcha de la Conquista"
** "Miss Lilly Higgins"
** "Vea esta Noche"

* Gom Horn a Pistones:
** "Serenata Mariachi"
** "Tristezas del Manuela"

* Harmonium:
** "Sinfonía Interrumpida"

* Piano:
** "Chanson de Les Luthiers"
** "El Zar y un Puñado... (Fuga en Si-Beria)"
** "Los Noticiarios Cinematográficos"
** "Oi Gadoñaya"
** "Pepper Clemens..."
** "Pieza en Forma de Tango"
** "Sol La Si La Sol La Do Do Si"

* Recorder:
** "Epopeya de Edipo de Tebas"

* Saxophone:
** "Cartas de Color"

* Tambourine:
** "La Bella y Graciosa Moza"

* Trombone:
** "Brotan Und Gretchen"
** "Concierto de Mpkstroff"
** "Cuarteto Opus 44"

* Tubófono Silicónico Cromático (sounds like a recorder):
** "El Valor de la Unidad"
** "Pepper Clemens"

Les Luthiers Acher Compositions

* "Cantata del Adelantado Don Rodrigo" (folkloric bits)
* "Teresa y el Oso (cuento sínfónico)"
* "Cartas de Color" ("take me home")
* "Cuarteto Opus 44"
* "Doctor Bob Gordon shops hot dogs from Boston (Foxtrot)"
* "Lazy Daisy" (with Carlos Nuñez)
* "Marcha de la Conquista" (with López-Puccio and Maronna)
* "Miss Lilly Higgins sings shimmy in Mississippi's spring (Shimmy)" (lyrics by Mundstock)
* "Papa Garland had a hat and a jazz band and a mat and a black fat cat (Rag)"
* "Pepper Clemens sent the messenger: nevertheless the reverend left the herd (Ten step)"
* "Si no fuera santiagueño" (with Lopez-Puccio)
* "Tristezas del Manuela (Blues)"
* "Truthful Lulu pulls thru zulus (Blus)"

External links

* [http://www.ernestoacher.com/ ErnestoAcher.com] (Spanish)