Song
Malena · Aníbal Troilo · 1942
1942: 2, 70; 1950: 1, 0; 1951: 2, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1955: 1, 2; 1957: 1, 0; 1965: 2, 0; 1968: 1, 16; 1972: 1, 12; 1974: 1, 23; 1998: 1, 9; 2001: 1, 0
Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1942 and 1952. One other orchestra 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.
Malena · Aníbal Troilo · 1942 was sung by Francisco Fiorentino.†† Malena · Aníbal Troilo · 1942 is a tango.† Malena · Aníbal Troilo · 1942 lasts 02:59.† Malena · Aníbal Troilo · 1942: Played as the arrangement that defines the year's turn to lyricism. and The recording that epitomizes 1942's slowdown: it fades in as if from a distance, Goñi plays a piano solo, and it is the first arranged vocal number in the Troilo band. A first take was made in January.††
Credit
- Music
- Lucio Demare
- Lyrics
- Homero Manzi
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 31 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Jan 822 dances1942
- Aníbal TroiloRaúl Berón · TKNot danced on film yet1952
- Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 1123 dances1974
- Miguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi, Roberto Luque · Odeon ColombiaNot danced on film yet1965
- Miguel CalóRoberto Luque · Odeon ColombiaNot danced on film yet1965
- Lucio DemareMost dancedJuan Carlos Miranda · Odeon · Jan 2348 dances1942
- Lucio DemareHéctor Alvarado · Columbia · Sep 20Not danced on film yet1951
- Lucio DemareDisc JockeyNot danced on film yet1957
- Francisco CanaroJuan Carlos Rolon · Odeon · Aug 22 dances1955
- Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)9 dances1998
- Roberto GoyenecheApr 1016 dances1968
- Hugo Diaz12 dances1972
- Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De LioMelopea · Dec 1Not danced on film yet2001
- Puglia-PedrozaFrancisco FiorentinoNot danced on film yet1951
- Quintin VerduLucio Lamberto · Dec 12Not danced on film yet1950
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAzucena Maizani1942
- -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1961
- Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueJul 301968
- Rosanna FalascaNot in our catalogue1982
- Rosaura SilvestreNot in our catalogue1995
Lyrics
Español
Malena canta el tango como ninguna y en cada verso pone su corazón. A yuyo del suburbio su voz perfuma, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón. Tal vez allá en la infancia su voz de alondra tomó ese tono oscuro de callejón, o acaso aquel romance que sólo nombra cuando se pone triste con el alcohol. Malena canta el tango con voz de sombra, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón. Tu canción tiene el frío del último encuentro. Tu canción se hace amarga en la sal del recuerdo. Yo no sé si tu voz es la flor de una pena, sólo sé que al rumor de tus tangos, Malena, te siento más buena, más buena que yo. Tus ojos son oscuros como el olvido, tus labios apretados como el rencor, tus manos dos palomas que sienten frío, tus venas tienen sangre de bandoneón. Tus tangos son criaturas abandonadas que cruzan sobre el barro del callejón, cuando todas las puertas están cerradas y ladran los fantasmas de la canción. Malena canta el tango con voz quebrada, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón.
English · machine translation
Malena sings tango like no other and in each verse she puts her heart. Her voice is perfumed with the scent of the suburbs, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon. Maybe back in her childhood her lark's voice took that dark tone of the alley, or perhaps that romance that she only mentions when she gets sad with alcohol. Malena sings the tango with a shadowy voice, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon. Your song has the cold of the last encounter. Your song becomes bitter in the salt of memory. I do not know if your voice is the flower of a sorrow, I only know that to the murmur of your tangos, Malena, I feel you better, better than me. Your eyes are dark as oblivion, your lips tight as rancor, your hands two doves that feel cold, your veins have bandoneon blood. Your tangos are abandoned creatures that cross over the mud of the alley, when all the doors are closed and the ghosts of the song bark. Malena sings the tango with a broken voice, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon.
Danced to it
Music from 1942 · danced on film 2013–2026
2013: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2018: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 4
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
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.
- 1La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947 · danced together in 2 Performances
Connected
From TangoTube's videos · our data
Danced at
- Milonga Malena2 videos
- Milonga El Garrón1 video
- Planetango1 video
- Sunderland Club1 video
Danced by
- Olga Nikola2 videos
- Germán Cuestas2 videos
- Monica Parra2 videos
- Diego Ortega2 videos
- Aldana Silveyra2 videos
- Paméla Ramos Aracena2 videos
- Dmitriy Kuznetsov2 videos
- Jesús Velazquez2 videos
- Anna Sol2 videos
- Maya Schwartz1 video
- Claudia Codega1 video
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Singers1
Sung by Francisco FiorentinoJan 8, 1942
Supported · 2In other catalogues39
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Duration 02:59
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Single sourceNotes2
Played as the arrangement that defines the year's turn to lyricism.
Single sourceThe recording that epitomizes 1942's slowdown: it fades in as if from a distance, Goñi plays a piano solo, and it is the first arranged vocal number in the Troilo band. A first take was made in January.
Single sourceVocal1
Vocal sung
Single sourceListen
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