Ludwig van Beethoven - Turkish March, from "The Ruins of Athens" (piano solo version)

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  • The Turkish March (Marcia alla turca) is a well-known classical march theme by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written in the Turkish style popular in music of the time.
    The theme was first used in Beethoven's "6 Variations on an Original Theme", Op. 76, of 1809. In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called The Ruins of Athens (Op. 113), which premiered in Pest in 1812. The Turkish March appears as item No. 4 of the incidental music. Many music lovers associate the theme with The Ruins of Athens, although that was not its original appearance.
    The march is in B flat major, tempo vivace and 2/4 time. Its dynamic scheme is highly suggestive of a procession passing by, starting out pianissimo, poco a poco rising to a fortissimo climax and then receding back to pianissimo by the coda.
    Anton Rubinstein arranged a popular piano version of the march in B flat major, tempo Allegretto. This version is the one featured in this video. (Wikipedia)
    Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music are NOT mine. Change the quality to 480p if the video is blurry
    Performance by: Evgeny Kissin
    (original video: • Beethoven - The Famous... )

Komentáře • 370

  • @lampo_gabriel_oficial
    @lampo_gabriel_oficial Před 2 lety +30

    Este es el programa número uno de la televisión humorística, El Chavo

  • @franciscogonzalez392
    @franciscogonzalez392 Před 4 lety +64

    Este es el programa número 1 de la televisión humorística
    ''El Chavo''
    interpretado por el super comediante ''Chespirito''
    con Carlos Villagrán como ''Quico''
    Ramón Valdez como ''Don Ramón''
    Florinda Meza como ''Doña Florinda'' y como '''La Popis''
    Rubén Aguirre como el ''Profesor Jirafales''
    Angelines Fernández como ''Doña Clotilde'' La bruja del 71
    Edgar Vivar como el ''Señor Barriga'' y como ''Ñoño''
    y María Antonieta de las Nieves como ''La Chilindrina''
    Dirección : Enrique Segoviano

  • @fernandoserico77
    @fernandoserico77 Před 5 lety +75

    What I love the most is the ending (I mean just the last three bars). Unusual.

  • @yeyart6169
    @yeyart6169 Před 6 lety +46

    Lindos recuerdos de mi infancia me evoca esta hermosa composicion del genio Beethoven. Gracias Chespirito por crear el chavo del 8!!!

  • @Supermario0727
    @Supermario0727 Před 10 lety +103

    Beethoven really comprises all the things I love most in this one masterpiece: History, Music, Beethoven, and most importantly of them all, Greece!

    • @AzureRT456
      @AzureRT456 Před 6 lety

      Beethoven was greek?

    • @ksol1460tv
      @ksol1460tv Před 6 lety +7

      No, he used this in a score for a play about Greece, "The Ruins of Athens" (he'd already written this for something else). This was before the actual Greek War for Independence got started, but reflected pro-Greek sentiment vs. the Ottoman Empire.
      makinghistoryatmacquarie.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/bromance-19th-century-style-the-greek-war-of-independence-and-the-philhellenes/

    • @zafferung4440
      @zafferung4440 Před 4 lety

      This has nothing to do with Greece, you stupid idiot.

    • @mememanfresh
      @mememanfresh Před 2 lety

      @@zafferung4440 where do yoy think athens is you absolute manifestation of stupidity

  • @ElChavo1128
    @ElChavo1128 Před 2 lety +11

    Americans: Turkish Marsh
    Latin Americans:El Chavo Del Ocho

  • @FishingtonBurpPuzzle
    @FishingtonBurpPuzzle Před 3 lety +11

    Simple, childlike while majestic and it's so witty how it kind of dies away like the marchers go off into the distance.

  • @lewisbae
    @lewisbae Před 8 lety +70

    If people were expecting to hear Mozart's Turkish March in this video..

    • @thenameisgsarci
      @thenameisgsarci  Před 8 lety +12

      That would be outright foolish. XD

    • @lewisbae
      @lewisbae Před 8 lety +7

      thenameisgsarci lol actually I found one guy saying this is not turkish march probably trolling

    • @lewisbae
      @lewisbae Před 8 lety +1

      thenameisgsarci in another video

    • @sergeiprokofiev3543
      @sergeiprokofiev3543 Před 8 lety

      +Lewis Bae of marioverher?

    • @sergeiprokofiev3543
      @sergeiprokofiev3543 Před 8 lety

      +Lewis Bae I think the video is from marioverher

  • @fatitankeris6327
    @fatitankeris6327 Před 2 lety +9

    The harmonic progressions here are really nice.

  • @noahr.5515
    @noahr.5515 Před 8 lety +34

    "The theme was first used in Beethoven's "6 Variations on an Original Theme", Op. 76, of 1809. In 1811 Beethoven wrote an overture and incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called The Ruins of Athens (Op. 113), which premiered in Pest in 1812. The Turkish March appears as item No. 4 of the incidental music. Many music lovers associate the theme with The Ruins of Athens, although that was not its original appearance."
    I'm not sure from where you've got this information but its wrong, the march, or the whole incidental music, was composed before Op. 76. It was just published later.

    • @thenameisgsarci
      @thenameisgsarci  Před 8 lety +1

      Wikipedia lied to me??? I double-checked it on IMSLP and it was correct... :\

    • @mantictac
      @mantictac Před 6 lety

      Op. 76 happens to suck though.

    • @josephwagner7277
      @josephwagner7277 Před rokem

      This statement is completely wrong lol, that's like saying his 3rd symphony came before Contradance 7

  • @preludio423
    @preludio423 Před 4 lety +145

    Beethoven got the Turkish spirit in this piece better than Mozart tbh

    • @aycc-nbh7289
      @aycc-nbh7289 Před 3 lety +17

      My guess is that the pianists of Mozart’s time were expected to add that in.

    • @matteomagurno3068
      @matteomagurno3068 Před rokem +4

      @@aycc-nbh7289 exactly

    • @sarojanikiriwandala9140
      @sarojanikiriwandala9140 Před rokem +3

      Correct it has the Turkish feelings better than Mozart ,the marchy feeling

    • @matteomagurno3068
      @matteomagurno3068 Před rokem

      not only that but you’d use the fagotto pedal too (not sure about the bells)

    • @jonathanvordzorgbe4845
      @jonathanvordzorgbe4845 Před 5 měsíci

      Idk Mozart more than makes for it with his opera “the abduction from the seraglio” 😉

  • @extreem3956
    @extreem3956 Před rokem +3

    this is possibly my favorite song from beethoven ever

  • @stephenbrooks1692
    @stephenbrooks1692 Před 2 lety +4

    Love both the Beethoven and Mozart. I am a nut for marches having played trumpet in a military style marching band at Schutzen and Heimatfest all over Germany and other festivals in France, Sweden, Switzerland, Holland and Belgium. Fantastic music played by some of the best musicians for some of most generous people I have ever met. Long live music!
    This piece sounds like the Encore given by Ivgeny at the Royal Albert Hall in the season of the Proms - My two favourite musicians Ivgeny Kissen and Viktoria Mulova

  • @santilafleurcr1694
    @santilafleurcr1694 Před 8 lety +206

    Ese momento en que te das cuenta que la canción del chavo es de beethoven y no de chespirito :'(

  • @franciscobesoain7405
    @franciscobesoain7405 Před 5 lety +48

    Dirección: Enrique Segoviano :v

  • @lellul760
    @lellul760 Před 3 lety +4

    This melody sounds very beautiful.

  • @diegoalejandrogalindoherna5427

    este es el programa número uno de la televisión humorística
    EL CHAVO!!!!!
    interpretado por el súper comediante CHESPIRITO!!!

    • @TheSpartan758
      @TheSpartan758 Před 8 lety +2

      esta no es la canción usada en "El Chavo", la correcta es The Elephant Never Forgets interpretada por el francés Jean Jacques Perrey

    • @muradyuksek4400
      @muradyuksek4400 Před 6 lety

      'el chavo' what is the mean??

    • @raquijada74
      @raquijada74 Před 5 lety +1

      @@muradyuksek4400 is a Spanish 70s comedy call.... el chavo del ocho.

    • @pedrohumbertomaldonadososa7913
      @pedrohumbertomaldonadososa7913 Před 5 lety

      in México boys call chavo and chavo is a poor child

    • @mikejunior211
      @mikejunior211 Před 5 lety

      Muy original tu comentario

  • @marcosPRATA918
    @marcosPRATA918 Před 7 lety +12

    Brincando ou sério, Beethoven, sempre genial.

    • @filipenunes304
      @filipenunes304 Před 3 lety +2

      Que Beethoven, isso é a música do Chaves.

    • @Cayres18
      @Cayres18 Před rokem

      @@filipenunes304 ainda bem que sei que é ironia

  • @rodolfomiguelbarrazaolvera1327

    Una canción simplemente hermosa

  • @unactivechannel6958
    @unactivechannel6958 Před 8 lety +21

    This song is really cool, there's this Spanish show called "El chavo" or "El chavo del 8" or "El chavo animado" and the show is really funny 😂 this is the song of that show's intro! It's a really cool song!

  • @manray0703
    @manray0703 Před 2 lety +2

    "Este es el programa numero uno de la television humoristica, Chespirito."

  • @abuasaduzzaman6964
    @abuasaduzzaman6964 Před 6 lety +3

    Love this music

  • @musicalgenie480
    @musicalgenie480 Před 6 lety +3

    I needed that. Thanks so much for sharing this video.

  • @AnthonyBarbuto
    @AnthonyBarbuto Před 6 lety +1

    Love this song

  • @michalpietor1237
    @michalpietor1237 Před 6 lety +1

    The sheet music in this video is actually not just Rubinstein version, but it is Beethoven/Rubinstein/RACHMANINOV transcription. The latest version, just spot the ending.

  • @therainforest4314
    @therainforest4314 Před rokem +1

    So refreshingly uplifting, the mastery of the keyboard. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing. :)

  • @minh9545
    @minh9545 Před 6 lety +1

    I love both Turkish March.

  • @sapphire742akamajngott7
    @sapphire742akamajngott7 Před 8 lety +1

    oh gosh i love this

  • @intersabellos2482
    @intersabellos2482 Před 5 lety +21

    I think it sounds like something Schubert would have written.

  • @kasajizo8963
    @kasajizo8963 Před 4 lety +1

    The acciaccaturas are satisfying.

  • @rodrigorodriguez9840
    @rodrigorodriguez9840 Před 7 lety +21

    ......COOOON EL SUPER COMEDIANTE CHESPIRIIIIITO!

  • @nazlemirleroglu334
    @nazlemirleroglu334 Před 8 lety +1

    harika olmuş ilham aldığı şeyden ötürü şaheser bir kere 👏

  • @frijoleroman7973
    @frijoleroman7973 Před 4 lety +7

    This was also the theme music for "El Chavo del Ocho" ("The 8-Year Old Lad"), a Mexican comedy show that has been very popular on Spanish-language television since the 1970s. It was created by the late Roberto Gomez Bolaños (1929-2014), also known as "Chespirito"/"Shakespearito" (Spanish for "Little Shakespeare). It is about an 8-year old homeless orphan who lives in a windbarrel inside a low income apartment complex in Mexico City.

  • @cherryberry8039
    @cherryberry8039 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow super good it's giving me study for my school tests

  • @EduardoMorales-lw6jp
    @EduardoMorales-lw6jp Před 8 lety +54

    Aprecio la música de Beethoven, aunque Piano Tiles 2 y El Chavo me trajeron acá jaja

    • @tfalaq
      @tfalaq Před 8 lety

      estamos en la misma

    • @islacalvillo59
      @islacalvillo59 Před 8 lety

      ya somos 3

    • @DanaVogg
      @DanaVogg Před 8 lety

      igual a mi jajajajjajajajajajaj

    • @1347LALO
      @1347LALO Před 8 lety +1

      hola Eduardo Morales yo también me llamo Eduardo Morales :v
      PD: ya somos 5 😂

    • @audreykozlova9878
      @audreykozlova9878 Před 8 lety

      yo vengo por la cancion The elephant never forget :v

  • @EAga-gq3ed
    @EAga-gq3ed Před 4 lety +1

    Thats the way ıt was then .good energy.

  • @tinamarten2228
    @tinamarten2228 Před 3 lety +1

    I LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @StarGiraffinum
    @StarGiraffinum Před 3 lety +4

    Now we need a train going around a loop passing a rabbit, a pig and a lion, then a bunch of teddy bears in helicopters at the end of the song.

  • @user-bg1xz7re7d
    @user-bg1xz7re7d Před rokem

    Oh, good❤❤❤❤ This is like real march music~~^^

  • @paolofranceschi6874
    @paolofranceschi6874 Před rokem

    Bellissima! 🎉❤🎉

  • @joselizcano6556
    @joselizcano6556 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Esta es la composición número uno de la música clásica: Las ruinas de Atenas, interpretada por el super pianista.... Beethoven

  • @enriqueiv3942
    @enriqueiv3942 Před 4 lety +5

    Este es el programa número uno de la televisión humorística: El Chavo! Interpretado por el súper comediante, Chespirito; Con Carlos Villagrán, como kiko; Ramón Váldez, como Don Ramón; Florinda Meza, como Doña Florinda; Angelines Fernandez, como La bruja del 71; Dirección Enrique Segoviano.

  • @ignaciod06
    @ignaciod06 Před 7 měsíci

    este es el programa numero uno de la televisión humorística.

  • @pacohardermx5573
    @pacohardermx5573 Před 5 lety +16

    ¡CHANFLE!

  • @user-mb3id3oj7e
    @user-mb3id3oj7e Před 5 lety +2

    اشتاق لهذه المقطوعة دائماً😘

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven9103
    @ludwigvanbeethoven9103 Před 8 lety +1

    linda musica

  • @Kaizokirai
    @Kaizokirai Před 8 lety +1

    Voy a resistir las ganas de llorar

  • @tacituskilgore5372
    @tacituskilgore5372 Před 2 lety +3

    -Tenia que ser bethoveen!!
    -se me chispoteo
    -she me chispoteo...no mas no te doy una porque se me hace tarde

  • @punkobrero
    @punkobrero Před 5 lety +5

    el beethoven del 8

  • @pedrofelipecastaneda276
    @pedrofelipecastaneda276 Před 4 lety +11

    Y la proxima vez, vaya a componerle sinfonias a su abuela!

    • @JoseManuel-dr1hk
      @JoseManuel-dr1hk Před 3 lety +3

      El chavo: Don Ramón su abuelita sabe componer sinfonías clásicas antiguas
      Don Ramón: TOMA
      El chavo: PIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPI
      Don Ramón: PIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPIPI y no te doy otra nomas porque mi abuelita compone la marcha turka con el Beethoven

  • @eilatan2540
    @eilatan2540 Před 7 lety +63

    Better than Mozart for me :)

    • @MaxLima1
      @MaxLima1 Před 6 lety +19

      Completely different stuff. They can't compare.

    • @benefactor4309
      @benefactor4309 Před 4 lety +1

      @@orangutan1262 yess this piece makes happy

    • @pope0331
      @pope0331 Před 4 lety +2

      Mozart never wrote a Turkish March but a Rondo alla Turca. Totally different concepts so there is no reason to compare

    • @ivan_Hermetico2077
      @ivan_Hermetico2077 Před 4 lety

      EL CHAVO DEL 8

    • @TheALDOALAN
      @TheALDOALAN Před 3 lety

      Mozart is better in all.
      'I have always counted myself amongst the greatest admirers of Mozart and shall remain so until my last breath'.
      -Beethoven

  • @LISZT-
    @LISZT- Před 5 měsíci +5

    Why is everyone spanish?

    • @Sr.Tweeter
      @Sr.Tweeter Před 3 měsíci +3

      The song was used as the main theme of "El Chavo del Ocho", a 1970s mexican sitcom.

    • @CristhianTurcios
      @CristhianTurcios Před 2 měsíci

      😂

  • @otavioborges1693
    @otavioborges1693 Před 4 lety +4

    Chaves é antigo mas essa música ganha 😂😂😱

  • @yurif4n
    @yurif4n Před 3 lety +3

    sounds like the intro the popular 80s show El Chavo Del Ocho

  • @latalkinglily
    @latalkinglily Před 3 měsíci

    Este es el programa número uno de la televisión humorística. ¡El Chavo del Ocho! Con: Carlos Villagrán como Kiko. Ramón Valdés como Don Ramón. Florinda Meza como Doña Florinda. Rubén Aguirre como el Profesor Jirafales. Angelines Fernández como Doña Clotilde, la Bruja del 71. Y con el super comediante Chespirito

  • @benportzer
    @benportzer Před 2 lety

    I'm using this to practice my mallet solo for solo and ensemble

  • @pablourzagasti5015
    @pablourzagasti5015 Před 4 lety +2

    EL CHAVO!!!

  • @bluemob733
    @bluemob733 Před 5 lety +5

    Es que no me tienen paciencia

  • @HaltF
    @HaltF Před 7 lety +70

    Beethoven really wrote this? It doesn't sound like anything else he's done

  • @lampo_gabriel_oficial
    @lampo_gabriel_oficial Před 2 lety

    É incrível ver como algumas coisas têm músicas clássicas e nós nem sabemos, tipo a batida de porta... "Beyer no.8" ... A "corrida de cavalos"... "William tell overture" uma música muito "forte" em fnaf... "Carmen overture"... Um meme famoso da música "in the hall of the mountain king" entre outras... Sim, música clássica é muito importante, além de serem ótimas, terem estudo e bom som, sem percebermos nós somos influênciados graças às músicas clássicas! Devemos aos músicos clássicos aplausos, eles não estão mais aqui pra ver e nem ouvir nossos aplausos, mas quem gosta ficará feliz em saber que os clássicos gênios da música estão sendo lembrados!
    E viva a música clássica 👏👏👏

  • @doutorx71
    @doutorx71 Před 8 lety +7

    Chaves ❤

  • @manuelxd6072
    @manuelxd6072 Před 3 lety +3

    Se me chispoteo!

  • @danmaia455
    @danmaia455 Před 7 lety +39

    You forgot to mention in the description that Roberto Bolaños used that theme for his siticom called Chavo del 8. Weak description.

  • @directionerslar
    @directionerslar Před 5 lety +2

    Ku vak vak vak ku vak vak vak kuyruğun nerede kuyruğum yok kuyruğum yok yüzerim derede

    • @ASPIIII
      @ASPIIII Před 4 lety

      Ben de diyorum neye benziyor

  • @vandalag.k.4010
    @vandalag.k.4010 Před 6 lety +2

    Zajebisty.

  • @elhardy43
    @elhardy43 Před 8 lety +3

    el chaaavo

  • @Kuki4982
    @Kuki4982 Před 2 měsíci

    Que bonito que El Chavo del 8, tomara una pieza clásica para su intro 💖✨💖✨ hay más cultura dentro de la cultura :3

  • @KyleBroflovski7468
    @KyleBroflovski7468 Před 7 měsíci

    Este es el programa número 1 de la televisión humorística
    El Chavo
    Interpretado por el super comediante: Chespirito
    Con Carlos Villagrán como Quico
    Ramón Valdez como Don Ramón
    Florinda Meza como La Doña Florinda
    Rubén Aguirre Como el Profesor Jirafales
    Edgar Vivar como el Señor Barriga
    Angelines Fernández Como la Doña Clotilde, la Bruja de 71
    Y Maria Antonieta de las nieves como la Chilindrina
    Dirección: Enrique Sevogiano

  • @danmaia455
    @danmaia455 Před 8 lety +3

    I recognize that this is Kissin playing. I know these aplauses. And btw...Chavo!

  • @bananitokawaii3697
    @bananitokawaii3697 Před 6 lety +5

    El chavo

  • @bolabritanica4181
    @bolabritanica4181 Před 5 lety +3

    Dirección Enrique Segoviano

  • @francescapareragual
    @francescapareragual Před 3 lety +1

    La versió de Rachmaninoff és pràcticament igual d'esplèndida. Crec que la diferència principal és que no hi ha els acords del fnal, i en aquesta de Rubisnstein, sí. Fantàstica marxa turca sorgida de Beethoven!

  • @gabrielivanramirezcordova6638

    alguien tenga la partitura de piano original por favor gracias y mandenme el enlace
    un abrazo!

  • @alpacacrew7878
    @alpacacrew7878 Před 7 lety +1

    Listen it 1.25x. Perfect.

  • @lucasrossetti9545
    @lucasrossetti9545 Před 8 lety +1

    chaves mito

  • @guc_sl
    @guc_sl Před 9 lety +54

    rip el chavo 😢

  • @ryanbueno6509
    @ryanbueno6509 Před 6 lety +1

    Beethoven ja previa o chaves

  • @AntonioZL
    @AntonioZL Před 3 lety +1

    CHAVINHOOOOO

  • @bdhjzbcdhz971
    @bdhjzbcdhz971 Před 4 lety +1

    It’s pretty easy to forget that Beethoven also wrote a Turkish march with Mozart’s being more famous and everything

    • @thenameisgsarci
      @thenameisgsarci  Před 4 lety

      Tbh, kinda. XD

    • @user-uu5xf5xc2b
      @user-uu5xf5xc2b Před 4 lety

      well there are wayyy more pieces written in turkish style

    • @user-uu5xf5xc2b
      @user-uu5xf5xc2b Před 4 lety

      @Emre Safa Yalçın check out the examples section en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_music_(style) there are so manyy

  • @ShiftnoteProductions
    @ShiftnoteProductions Před 8 lety +2

    how can you play the chords so fast in the rh

  • @memedreams8558
    @memedreams8558 Před 7 lety +2

    This is Rubinstein's arrangement

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven5108
    @ludwigvanbeethoven5108 Před 4 lety +2

    Nice me.

  • @MeinhofKym1944
    @MeinhofKym1944 Před 8 lety +2

    O episódio da goteira do 31 Minutos

  • @elprincipevegeta1632
    @elprincipevegeta1632 Před 8 lety +9

    se me chispoteo

  • @Ace-vr9fx
    @Ace-vr9fx Před 9 lety +29

    its like beethoven knew that greece was going down into shit

  • @TurrisBlancus
    @TurrisBlancus Před 4 lety +2

    Is it only my idea, or is Beethoven always a step before ragtime/jazz?

  • @pedrohenriquesouzasilva4988
    @pedrohenriquesouzasilva4988 Před 11 měsíci

    Por que uma música tão animada se chama ruínas de Atena?

  • @LuisFernando-tt4mv
    @LuisFernando-tt4mv Před 8 lety +1

    isso me lembra de chaves R.I.P

  • @qooo8720
    @qooo8720 Před 7 lety

    kissin music

  • @julioram9318
    @julioram9318 Před 6 lety +7

    el chavo del 8

  • @xuanmai7133
    @xuanmai7133 Před 5 lety +2

    Is this before or after Mozart's?

  • @HenryAnimate
    @HenryAnimate Před 7 lety

    THIS IS AS HARD AS HECK

  • @chinglonglo4752
    @chinglonglo4752 Před 6 lety

    this is technical

  • @seanschannel2311
    @seanschannel2311 Před 6 lety

    1:51

  • @gustavoalexandre3878
    @gustavoalexandre3878 Před 4 lety +3

    Chaves , chaves

  • @Gence7
    @Gence7 Před 5 lety +1

    hastanım

  • @exziodeluz2784
    @exziodeluz2784 Před 6 lety +2

    Chavo?

  • @cholxpunk8881
    @cholxpunk8881 Před 8 lety +19

    No sé, yo conozco la canción por "el intro del chavo del 8". :v

  • @Viper5Play
    @Viper5Play Před 7 lety +60

    El chavo del 8

    • @danmaia455
      @danmaia455 Před 7 lety +1

      Viper He forgoto to mention that on the description

    • @javiertw89
      @javiertw89 Před 7 lety

      Chanfles!

    • @emilioalejandrolezama8384
      @emilioalejandrolezama8384 Před 7 lety +2

      X Viper X yo siempre pensé que el intro del chavo lo creó chespirito

    • @edram4051
      @edram4051 Před 6 lety +4

      Y ahora el problema es que cada vez que alguien toque esa pieza todos pensarán que esa tocando el tema musical del Chavo del 8.

    • @muradyuksek4400
      @muradyuksek4400 Před 6 lety

      'el chavo' what is the mean??

  • @muradyuksek4400
    @muradyuksek4400 Před 6 lety +1

    'el chavo' what is the mean??