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La cara de la luna · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1941

Music by Manuel Campoamor. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1971.
1941: 1 · danced 12 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times1971: 1 · danced 1 times
1941’50’601971
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 1, 12; 1955: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 0; 1971: 1, 1

  1. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) recorded it in 1941 and 1959.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Manuel Campoamor

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 30
    1 dance
    1971
  2. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Earliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Nov 5
    12 dances
    1941
  3. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Apr 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  4. Juan Carlos CavielloInstrumental · Aug 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  5. Vicente GrecoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1911
  6. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Nov 51941
  7. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Apr 91959
  8. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  9. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2018: 1, 2022: 1, 2025: 1

Federico Naveira & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072010 · 2:43

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFederico Naveira & Ines Muzzopappa2010
  2. The 2020sAdrian Ferreyra & Dulce Lauria2022

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  1. La cara de la lunaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1941

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