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El ciruja · Carlos Di Sarli · 1951

Music by Ernesto de la Cruz. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–1967.
1926: 1 · danced 4 times1927: 2 · danced 0 times1939: 1 · danced 2 times1949: 1 · danced 4 times1950: 1 · danced 0 times1951: 1 · danced 28 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times
1926’30’40’50’601967
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1926: 1, 4; 1927: 2, 0; 1939: 1, 2; 1949: 1, 4; 1950: 1, 0; 1951: 1, 28; 1962: 1, 0; 1967: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1926 and 1927.

    How we know

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

El ciruja · Carlos Di Sarli · 1951 is a tango.† El ciruja · Carlos Di Sarli · 1951 lasts 02:13.†

Credit

Music
Ernesto de la Cruz

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 17 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedInstrumental · Music Hall · Dec 6
    28 dances
    1951
  2. Alfredo De AngelisJulio Martel · Odeon · Jun 2
    4 dances
    1949
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 1
    4 dances
    1926
  4. Francisco CanaroOdeon · May 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  5. Juan MaglioJul 5
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  6. José BassoAlfredo Belusi · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  7. Orquesta Francini-PontierJulio Sosa · Mar 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  8. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Sep 14
    2 dances
    1939
  9. Los Señores Del TangoInstrumental · Columbia · Sep 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  10. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1926
  11. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogue1926
  12. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueRosita Quiroga · Feb 51927
  13. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueJul 51927
  14. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueSep 141939
  15. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1950
  16. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Mar 71950
  17. Carlos FigariNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1956
  18. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  19. Mariano MoresNot in our catalogueNéstor Fabián
  20. -unspecified female-Not in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1951 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 4, 2015: 3, 2016: 2, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 2

Ines Muzzopappa & Corina HerreraWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20071:09

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJavier Rodríguez & Stella Missé2009
  2. The 2010sRicardo Calvo & Sandra Messina2011
  3. The 2020sCarlitos Espinoza & Agustina Piaggio2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    2 performances
  2. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  3. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

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. 1Gallo ciegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1959 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 00709735520820-1-11

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tango.info · 08427328140034-1-7

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tango.info · 02480002334613-2-2

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tango.info · 04024236202157-1-7

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tango.info · 07798089730637-1-2

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tango.info · 02480002005162-1-20

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:13

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Audio feature14

Audio feature 117.5

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Audio feature 0.942

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Audio feature E

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Audio feature major

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Audio feature 0.822

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Audio feature -19.4

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Audio feature 0.493

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Audio feature 0.361

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Audio feature 0.0

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Audio feature 0.011

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Audio feature 0.989

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Audio feature 119.5

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Audio feature 59.7

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Audio feature step

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Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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Listen

  1. El cirujaFrancisco Canaro1926

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