Song
La guitarrita · Francisco Canaro · 1930
Francisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeonPinned at 1930 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: With Charlo, 1927–1932
La guitarrita · Francisco Canaro · 1930 is a tango.† La guitarrita · Francisco Canaro · 1930 lasts 03:29.† La guitarrita · Francisco Canaro · 1930: An early version of a song known from many later bands (including D'Arienzo); part of Canaro's Serie Sinfónica, the first arranged music in tango, with unusually free piano from Luis Riccardi.†
The song
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9 orchestras recorded it
9 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Eduardo Arolas
- Words
- Gabriel Clausi
- Written
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- First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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Mi guitarrita querida amiga de mis amores. Vuelve en la noche hoy, junto a la reja, el dulce trino; amor de , aroma de jazmín y de glicina, luna, canción y ella con su amor. Fue la guitarra así, mi compañera, la que llenó mis noches de ilusión, la que alegró mi vida de bohemia, y encadenó mis sueños a su amor. Lloré, reí, viví, sufrí, buscando dulce prenda, canté, soñé, perdí, gané, y no encontré la huella. Al fin triunfé, bebí su amor, me encariñé a sus trenzas y la sentí en mi vida junto a mi corazón. Como un recuerdo que ha vuelto otra vez, que yo siempre alenté, que yo siempre soñé. Hoy te busco como al sueño azul, con deseo de alcanzar tu amor, como una imagen que no borraré la que siempre guardé y que nunca olvidé el recuerdo que tu amor me dio, es nostálgico querer.
English · machine translation
My dearest little guitar friend of my loves. Come back in the night today, by the fence, the sweet trill; payador's love, scent of jasmine and wisteria, moon, song and she with her love. It was the guitar thus, my companion, the one that filled my nights with illusion, the one that brightened my bohemian life, and chained my dreams to her love. I cried, I laughed, I lived, I suffered, searching for a sweet garment, I sang, I dreamed, I lost, I won, and found no trace. At last I triumphed, I drank her love, I became attached to her braids and I felt her in my life next to my heart. Like a memory that has come back again, that I always encouraged, that I always dreamed of. Today I look for you like a blue dream, with desire to reach your love, like an image that I will not erase the one I always kept and that I never forgot the memory that your love gave me, it is nostalgic to want.
Every version
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13 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of
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- Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdLa guitarritaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorNo match yet1928
- Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedLa guitarritaOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon8 dances1954
- Miguel CalóLa guitarritaMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeonNo match yet1949
- Francisco CanaroLa guitarritaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon1 dance1930
- Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)La guitarritaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)singer unknowntangoNo match yet2009
- Mariano MoresLa guitarritaMariano Moressinger unknowntangoNo match yet1966
- Eduardo ArolasNot in our catalogueApr 241917
- Armando BaliottiNot in our catalogueJul 101952
- Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogue1972
- Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
- José CanetNot in our catalogueNelly Omar
- Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
One recording
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Francisco Canaro
La guitarritaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeonNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
Recorded the same day
What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Jun 24, 1930.
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tango.info · 08427328146012-2-6
tango.info · 02480002040491-1-11
tango.info · 02480002152590-1-12
tango.info · 02480002742425-1-1
tango.info · 04988006679276-2-12
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Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 03:29
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An early version of a song known from many later bands (including D'Arienzo); part of Canaro's Serie Sinfónica, the first arranged music in tango, with unusually free piano from Luis Riccardi.
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