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Olga · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1956

Music by Francisco Peña, lyrics by Francisco Peña. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1974.
1927: 1 · danced 3 times1940: 1 · danced 0 times1946: 1 · danced 0 times1948: 1 · danced 0 times1954: 1 · danced 12 times1956: 2 · danced 17 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1974: 1 · danced 0 times
1927’40’50’60’701974
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 3; 1940: 1, 0; 1946: 1, 0; 1948: 1, 0; 1954: 1, 12; 1956: 2, 17; 1957: 1, 0; 1974: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1948 and 1956.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Francisco Peña
Lyrics
Francisco Peña

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Feb 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1948
  2. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedRCA Victor · Sep 20
    17 dances
    1956
  3. Alfredo De AngelisInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 28
    12 dances
    1954
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · May 30
    3 dances
    1927
  5. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Jun 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  6. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoJul 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  7. Armando PontierInstrumental · CBS Columbia · Aug 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  8. Miguel VillasboasDec 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1974
  9. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · May 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1940
  10. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMay 221940
  11. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueAug 101948
  12. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueJul 251950
  13. Tito MartínNot in our catalogue1951
  14. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogue1975
  15. Rafael RossiNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-

Lyrics

Español

En ti viví un amor, por ti soñé feliz... Y fue cual renacer de dicha pleno, en un mundo ideal para mí, jamás podré olvidar la luz y el esplendor, la fe y la ilusión que con tu amor vertiste en mí. Recuerdo con el alma las horas que ayer gocé juntito a tu buen amor, amante y bella mujer, mas, breve fue la dicha y efímera la ilusión porque a éstas las quebró el dolor... Pasaron ya las horas de encanto y de placer quedando sólo dolor, olvido y desilusión, qué triste es para un hombre el recuerdo de un buen amor ¡porque viene a torturar su ser...! Hoy yo no sé adónde estás, mi buena amiga que ayer te amé con pasión. Mi incomprensión mató el querer dejando en mi alma un mal como castigo de amor.

English · machine translation

In you I lived a love, for you I dreamed happily... And it was like a rebirth of full bliss, in an ideal world for me, I will never be able to forget the light and the splendor, the faith and the illusion that with your love you poured into me. I remember with my soul the hours that yesterday I enjoyed together with your good love, lover and beautiful woman, but the happiness was brief and the illusion ephemeral... because they were broken by pain... The hours of enchantment and pleasure are gone leaving only pain, oblivion and disillusionment, How sad it is for a man the memory of a good love because it comes to torture his being...! Today I do not know where you are, my good friend that yesterday I loved you with passion. My incomprehension killed my love leaving in my soul an evil as a punishment of love.

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  1. OlgaFrancisco Canaro1927

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