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Un amor · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1940

Osvaldo FresedoRicardo RuiztangoRCA Victor
Music by Alfredo Malerba, Mario Maurano, lyrics by Luis Rubistein. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1965.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1940

  1. Ricardo TanturiBlanca Bassi1965
  2. Osvaldo FresedoRicardo Ruiz1940
  3. Francisco CanaroFrancisco Amor1940

Pinned at 1940 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · gold: With Ruiz, 1939–1941

Un amor · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1940 was sung by Ricardo Ruiz.†† Un amor · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1940 is a tango.† Un amor · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1940 lasts 02:28.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alfredo Malerba, Mario Maurano
Words
Luis Rubistein
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Fresedo’s 1940 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1940 to 1965.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Un amor · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1940 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

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  1. Ricardo TanturiUn amorRicardo TanturiBlanca BassitangoHR
    2 dances
    1965
  2. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMost dancedUn amorOsvaldo FresedoRicardo RuiztangoRCA Victor
    3 dances
    1940
  3. Francisco CanaroUn amorFrancisco CanaroFrancisco AmortangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1940
  4. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Sep 161940
  5. Ricardo TanturiNot in our catalogue1966

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Fresedo

Un amorOsvaldo FresedoRicardo RuiztangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Isabella Fusi0:55

Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Fresedo recorded on Sep 13, 1940.

  1. AlasOsvaldo FresedoRicardo RuiztangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2014–2023

20142023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sYanick Wyler & Eugenia Parrilla2014
  2. The 2020sYanick Wyler & Eugenia Parrilla2023

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Issued on record

Label, catalogue and matrix numbers of each record. A year is the year the record was issued. Source: TangoCloud catalogue.

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    RCA Victor 39082 · Osvaldo Fresedo Y Su Orquesta Típica

    Shellac · Argentina · side A

Singers1

Sung by Ricardo RuizSep 13, 1940

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 00828767206929-1-8

tango.info · 02480002102670-1-20

tango.info · 02480002128526-1-5

tango.info · 02480002701682-1-1

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:28

Audio feature15

Audio feature 132.5

Audio feature 0.938

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.831

Audio feature -20.4

Audio feature 0.372

Audio feature 0.285

Audio feature 0.46

Audio feature 0.002

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.539

Audio feature 134.7

Audio feature 67.4

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Un amorOsvaldo FresedoRicardo Ruiz

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