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La viruta · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936

Music by Vicente Greco. 19 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–2005.
1933: 1 · danced 0 times1936: 1 · danced 7 times1938: 1 · danced 1 times1943: 1 · danced 4 times1947: 1 · danced 14 times1948: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 2 · danced 0 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 3 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times1972: 1 · danced 1 times1979: 1 · danced 0 times2001: 1 · danced 0 times2005: 1 · danced 0 times
1933’40’50’60’70’80’90’002005
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1933: 1, 0; 1936: 1, 7; 1938: 1, 1; 1943: 1, 4; 1947: 1, 14; 1948: 1, 0; 1952: 2, 0; 1955: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 3; 1962: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 0; 1966: 1, 0; 1967: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 0; 1972: 1, 1; 1979: 1, 0; 2001: 1, 0; 2005: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1936 and 1965. 2 other orchestras recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

La viruta · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936: D'Arienzo's final record of the year; an exciting, dust-kicking number with wild violin slides.†

Credit

Music
Vicente Greco

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

19 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 18 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoRCA Victor · Nov 27
    7 dances
    1936
  2. Juan D'ArienzoRCA Victor · Jul 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  3. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 5
    4 dances
    1943
  4. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · Music Hall · Dec 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  5. Rodolfo BiagiInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1948
  6. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 27
    3 dances
    1957
  7. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Nov 4
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  8. Osvaldo FresedoInstrumental · Columbia · Nov 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1979
  9. Armando PontierInstrumental · Aug 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  10. Alfredo GobbiMost dancedMay 16
    14 dances
    1947
  11. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Jul 4
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  12. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · Apr 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  13. Donato Racciatti
    1 dance
    1972
  14. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroNov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2001
  15. Orquesta Típica Silencio
    Not danced on film yet
    2005
  16. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Dec 13
    1 dance
    1938
  17. Enrique MoraInstrumental · Dec 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  18. Mariano Mores
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  19. Miguel OrlandoEarliest we hold
    Not danced on film yet
    1933
  20. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue1912

Danced to it

Music from 1936 · danced on film 2013–2025

20132025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2025: 2

Carolina Giannini & Ezequiel Núñez2025 · 0:50

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJavier Antar & Kara Wenham2013
  2. The 2020sCarolina Giannini & Ezequiel Núñez2025

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  2. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Flores negrasJulio De Caro, 1927 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

Videos danced in

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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Notes1

D'Arienzo's final record of the year; an exciting, dust-kicking number with wild violin slides.

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Listen

  1. La virutaMiguel Orlando · no clip yet1933

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