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Manoblanca · Ángel D'Agostino · 1944

Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
Music by Antonio de Bassi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1944.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Alberto Castillo, 1943

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1944
  2. Alberto Castillo1943

Pinned at 1944 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Ángel D'Agostino recordings indexed 1940–1963 · gold: With Vargas, 1940–1946

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Antonio de Bassi
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ángel D'Agostino’s 1944 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1943 to 1944.
1940
Recordings of Manoblanca · Ángel D'Agostino · 1944 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedManoblancaÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    10 dances
    1944
  2. Alberto CastilloEarliest we holdManoblancaAlberto Castillosungtango
    No match yet
    1943

One recording

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

Ángel D'Agostino

ManoblancaÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Elvira Lambo & Michael Nadtochi2021 · 3:02

Recorded the same day

What else Ángel D'Agostino recorded on Mar 9, 1944.

  1. El espejo de tus ojosÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargasvalsRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2011: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2018: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPablo Villarraza & Dana Frigoli2007
  2. The 2010sAlejandro Larenas & Marisol Morales2018
  3. The 2020sElvira Lambo & Michael Nadtochi2021

Where it is danced

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

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. Josefina Stellato and Leonardo Pankow

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1ManoblancaÁngel D'Agostino, 1944
    2. 2El motivoAníbal Troilo, 1961
    3. 3El acomodoEdgardo Donato, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Audio feature14

Audio feature 117.5

Audio feature 0.92

Audio feature C

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.813

Audio feature -22.4

Audio feature 0.363

Audio feature 0.102

Audio feature 0.506

Audio feature 0.131

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 119.5

Audio feature 59.8

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. ManoblancaAlberto Castillosung

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