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Sin palabras · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1946

Osvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor
Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1965.

Who recorded it

Every version9

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1945

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1946
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán1947
  3. Miguel CalóLucho Gatica1965
  4. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Saavedra1946
  5. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa1946
  6. Edgardo DonatoOsvaldo Morel1945

Pinned at 1946 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · gold: With Serpa, 1942–1946

Sin palabras · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1946 was sung by Oscar Serpa.†† Sin palabras · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1946 is a tango.† Sin palabras · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1946 lasts 03:20.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

9 orchestras recorded it

215 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Mariano Mores
Words
Enrique Santos Discepolo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Nació de ti... buscando una canción que nos uniera, y hoy sé que es cruel brutal -quizá- el castigo que te doy. Sin palabras esta música va a herirte, dondequiera que la escuche tu traición... La noche más absurda, el día más triste. Cuando estés riendo, o cuando llore tu ilusión. Perdóname si es Dios, quien quiso castigarte al fin... Si hay llantos que pueden perseguir así, si estas notas que nacieron por tu amor, al final son un cilicio que abre heridas de una historia... ¡Son suplicios, son memorias... fantoche herido, mi dolor, se alzará, cada vez, que oigas esta canción!... Nació de ti... mintiendo entre esperanzas un destino, y hoy sé que es cruel, brutal -quizá- el castigo que te doy... Sin decirlo esta canción dirá tu nombre, sin decirlo con tu nombre estaré yo. Los ojos casi ciegos de mi asombro, junto al asombro de perderte y no morir.

English · machine translation

Born from you... looking for a song to unite us, and today I know that it's cruel and brutal -perhaps- the punishment I give you. Without words this music will hurt you, wherever your betrayal hears it... The most absurd night, the saddest day. When you're laughing, or when your illusion cries. Forgive me if it is God Who wanted to punish you at last... If there are cries that can haunt so, if these notes that were born for your love, in the end are a cilice that opens wounds of a story... They are tortures, they are memories... wounded puppet, my pain, it will rise, each time, you hear this song!... It was born of you... lying between hopes of a destiny, and today I know that it is cruel, brutal -perhaps- the punishment I give you... Without saying it this song will say your name, without saying it with your name I will be me. The almost blind eyes of my astonishment, together with the astonishment of losing you and not dying.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 9 orchestras, 1945 to 1965.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Sin palabras · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1946 by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 22 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1947, with 56% of the 215 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

92 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedSin palabrasOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    120 dances · 56%
    1947
  2. Aníbal TroiloSin palabrasAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    57 dances · 27%
    1946
  3. Rodolfo BiagiSin palabrasRodolfo BiagiCarlos SaavedratangoOdeon
    34 dances · 16%
    1946
  4. Francisco CanaroSin palabrasFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenastangoOdeon
    3 dances · 1%
    1946
  5. Osvaldo FresedoSin palabrasOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor
    1 dance · <1%
    1946
  6. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdSin palabrasEdgardo DonatoOsvaldo MoreltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1945
  7. Orquesta Francini-PontierSin palabrasOrquesta Francini-PontierAlberto Podestátango
    No match yet
    1947
  8. Mariano MoresSin palabrasMariano MoresEnrique Lucerotango
    No match yet
    1957
  9. Miguel CalóSin palabrasMiguel CalóLucho GaticatangoOdeon Chile
    No match yet
    1965
  10. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1945
  11. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue1946
  12. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá · Jan 161947
  13. Susy LeivaNot in our catalogue1954
  14. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueSusy Leiva · Oct 11959
  15. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Oct 261970
  16. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue
  17. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  18. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  19. Valeria LynchNot in our catalogue
  20. Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Fresedo

Sin palabrasOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Fresedo recorded on Nov 26, 1946.

  1. HermanaOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1946 · danced on film 2022

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Oscar SerpaNov 26, 1946

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 02480002031376-1-4

tango.info · 02480002128526-1-19

tango.info · 00743216757626-1-4

tango.info · 02480002043928-1-7

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:20

Audio feature15

Audio feature 120.2

Audio feature 0.921

Audio feature A

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.711

Audio feature -20.5

Audio feature 0.329

Audio feature 0.113

Audio feature 0.375

Audio feature 0.002

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.623

Audio feature 123.7

Audio feature 61.8

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Sin palabrasEdgardo DonatoOsvaldo Morel

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