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La mariposa · Francisco Canaro · 1930

Francisco CanaroCarlos Gardeltango
Music by Pedro Maffia, lyrics by Celedonio Flores. 15 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2015.

Pinned at 1930 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · 4 applied periods in gold

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

12 orchestras recorded it

236 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Pedro Maffia
Words
Celedonio Flores
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
1921, Royal Pigall

Source: TangoCloud catalogue · the premiere

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 15 recordings of this song by 12 orchestras, 1927 to 2015.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of La mariposa · Francisco Canaro · 1930 by year, taller the more they are danced · 15 of 15 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 25 more we know of

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, with 75% of the 236 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

31 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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.

  2. Orquesta Forever TangoLa mariposaOrquesta Forever Tangosinger unknowntango
    40 dances · 17%
    2008
  3. Tango BardoLa mariposaTango Bardosinger unknowntango
    11 dances · 5%
    2015
  5. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdLa mariposaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    2 dances · <1%
    1927
  6. Alfredo De AngelisLa mariposaAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    2 dances · <1%
    1972
  7. Aníbal TroiloLa mariposaAníbal TroiloEdmundo RiverotangoRCA Victor
    1 dance · <1%
    1949
  8. Osvaldo FresedoLa mariposaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1945
  9. Eduardo Del PianoLa mariposaEduardo Del PianoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1949
  10. José BassoLa mariposaJosé BassoJuan Carlos GodoytangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1968
  11. Baffa-BerlingieriLa mariposaBaffa-BerlingieriRoberto Rufinotangorca camden
    No match yet
    1969
  13. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1923
  14. Manuel PizarroNot in our catalogue1924
  15. Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueRoberto Maida1930
  16. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogueSep 301930
  17. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Dec 51930
  18. Mario DemarcoNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1963
  19. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Apr 81969
  20. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1974

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  1. La mariposaFrancisco Canarosinger unknown

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