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Quasi nada · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Juan Maglio, lyrics by Francisco Brancatti. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1912–1940.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Juan Maglio, 1912

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1940
  2. Juan Maglio19121930

Pinned at 1940 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: Slowing down, 1940–1944

Quasi nada · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940 is a tango.† Quasi nada · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940 lasts 02:28.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

30 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Maglio
Words
Francisco Brancatti
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Acamalesé del brazo de este Ñatita guapa de pinta flor, Que al meta y ponga de este gotán Me juego entero. Con la punta del tamango quiero escribir Su lindo nombre, Marisabel, Pa´ que no digan que al Chino endemoniao Le va faltando cartel. En la música porteña canyenguera Pongo el fuego de mi alma arrabalera, Tallando el mazo d´este brujo tango milongón Nadie me quita las cuarenta que voy a cantar. Y... ¡Quasi nada!, Me da el cuero, si por el salón Dentro un jueguito de corrida a rematar. Salgan los taitas roncadores y faqueros Que el Chino Leiva no cambia de color, Soy la muralla de los bravos entreveros Y en la milonga, me voy derecho al marcador. Pero en un duelo sin ventaja, no se achiquen Vayan copando, si tantear quieren la suerte, Pues a la larga, como el Chino pisa fuerte No tendrán otro remedio, que dentrar a perdedor.

English · machine translation

Let's get together on the arm of this nice guy Ñatita guapa de pinta flor, That to the goal and put of this gotán I'll play the whole game. With the tip of the tamango I want to write Her pretty name, Marisabel, Pa' that they don't say that the endemoniao Chino He's missing a sign. In the porteña canyenguera music I put the fire of my soul arrabalera, Carving the mallet of this witch tango milongón Nobody takes away the forty that I'm going to sing. Y... I'm almost nothing, I get the leather, if for the salon Inside a little game of corrida to finish it off. Let the snorers and the faker taitas go out. That Chino Leiva does not change color, I am the wall of the brave entreveros. And in the milonga, I go straight to the scoreboard. But in a duel without advantage, do not shrink Go ahead, if you want to try your luck, For in the long run, as the Chino steps hard You'll have no choice but to go in as a loser.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1912 to 1940.
1910’20’30’40
Recordings of Quasi nada · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1940, with 100% of the 30 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedQuasi nadaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    30 dances · 100%
    1940
  2. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueSep 261930
  3. Ariel PederneraNot in our catalogueDec 191951
  4. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueNov 171953

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Quasi nadaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 30 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Dec 31, 1940.

  1. MiedoJuan D'ArienzoHéctor MaurévalsRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2015–2026

20152026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 6, 2024: 4, 2026: 5

Where it is danced

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

  1. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Raquel Makow and Sebastian Jimenez

    2024 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Porque regresas túCarlos Di Sarli, 1956
    2. 2Amor y celosJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    3. 3ZumOsvaldo Pugliese, 1973
    4. 4Quasi nadaJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Clarisa Aragón and Jonathan Saavedra

    Argentina Tango Salon Festival, 2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Silbar de boyeroOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    2. 2El aeroplanoJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    3. 3Quasi nadaJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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. 1CristalAníbal Troilo, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2Por qué la quise tantoAníbal Troilo, 1963 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3Tango a PuglieseColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 2003 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings1

Recorded by Juan D'ArienzoDec 31, 1940

In other catalogues9

tango.info · 02480002150503-1-2

tango.info · 02480002335436-1-6

tango.info · 02480002337157-2-4

tango.info · 02480002761655-1-1

tango.info · 02480002003076-1-17

tango.info · 02480002027737-1-9

tango.info · 02480002030140-1-11

tango.info · 02480002101321-1-84

tango.info · 02480002115724-1-18

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:28

Audio feature12

Audio feature 132.5

Audio feature 0.954

Audio feature D

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.706

Audio feature -21.5

Audio feature 0.405

Audio feature 0.502

Audio feature 0.044

Audio feature 0.032

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.924

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Quasi nadaJuan Maglio

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