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La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1969

Aníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1982.

Pinned at 1969 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: Late years, 1961–1975

La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1969 is a tango.† La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1969 lasts 03:04.†

The work

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Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Catulo Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1956 to 1982.

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1950’60’70’80
Recordings of La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · 1969 by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1956, with 71% of the 100 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

2 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.

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedLa última curdaAníbal TroiloEdmundo RiverotangoTK
    71 dances · 71%
    1956
  2. Astor PiazzollaLa última curdaAstor PiazzollaRoberto Goyenechetango
    17 dances · 17%
    1982
  3. Hugo DiazLa última curdaHugo Diazsinger unknowntango
    6 dances · 6%
    1972
  4. Aníbal TroiloLa última curdaAníbal TroiloRoberto GoyenechetangoRCA Victor
    4 dances · 4%
    1963
  5. Alfredo GobbiLa última curdaAlfredo GobbiTito Landotango
    1 dance · 1%
    1957
  6. Armando PontierLa última curdaArmando PontierRoberto Goyenechetango
    1 dance · 1%
    1966
  7. Horacio SalganLa última curdaHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoAntar-Telefunken (Montevideo)
    No match yet
    1957
  8. Horacio SalganLa última curdaHoracio Salgansinger unknowntangoPhilips
    No match yet
    1965
  9. Aníbal TroiloLa última curdaAníbal TroiloinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1969
  10. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1932
  11. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1940
  12. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueTito Landó · Jun 181957
  13. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  14. Orquesta Matos RodríguezNot in our catalogueRicardo Olivera2005
  15. Cacho CastañaNot in our catalogue
  16. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  17. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  18. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  19. Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue
  20. Alba SolísNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Lastima, bandoneón, mi corazon tu ronca maldición maleva... Tu lágrima de ron me lleva hasta el hondo bajo fondo donde el barro se subleva. ¡Ya sé, no me digás! ¡Tenés razón! La vida es una herida absurda, y es todo tan fugaz que es una curda, ¡nada más! mi confesión. Contame tu condena, decime tu fracaso, ¿no ves la pena que me ha herido? Y hablame simplemente de aquel amor ausente tras un retazo del olvido. ¡Ya sé que te lastimo! ¡Ya se que te hago daño llorando mi sermón de vino! Pero es el viejo amor que tiembla, bandoneón, y busca en el licor que aturde, la curda que al final termine la función corriéndole un telón al corazón. Un poco de recuerdo y sinsabor gotea tu rezongo lerdo. Marea tu licor y arrea la tropilla de la zurda al volcar la última curda. Cerrame el ventanal que arrastra el sol su lento caracol de sueño, ¿no ves que vengo de un país que está de olvido, siempre gris, tras el alcohol?...

English · machine translation

Too bad, bandoneon, my heart your hoarse evil curse... Your rum tear takes me to the deepest depths where the mud revolts. I know, don't tell me! You're right! Life is an absurd wound and it's all so fleeting that it's a cure, nothing more! my confession. Tell me your condemnation, tell me your failure, don't you see the sorrow that has wounded me? And tell me simply of that absent love behind a remnant of oblivion. I know I hurt you! I know I hurt you by crying my wine sermon! But it is the old love that trembles, bandoneon, and searches in the liquor that stuns, the cure that at the end ends the show by pulling back a curtain to the heart. A little bit of memory and flavorlessness drips your slow gossip. Tide your liquor and plough the left-handed troop when overturning the last curda. Close the window that drags the sun its slow snail of sleep, don't you see that I come from a country that is in oblivion, always gray, after alcohol...

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 02480002330905-2-3

tango.info · 00743217671129-1-23

tango.info · 00743212353822-1-9

tango.info · 00828766269529-1-2

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:04

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. La última curdaAníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero

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