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Quién será · Edgardo Donato · 1941

Edgardo DonatoHoracio LagosvalsRCA Victor
Music by Luis Visca, lyrics by Luis Rubistein. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Roberto Firpo, 1940

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1941
  2. Roberto FirpoAlberto Diale1940

Pinned at 1941 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Edgardo Donato recordings indexed 1930–1961

Quién será · Edgardo Donato · 1941 was sung by Horacio Lagos.† Quién será · Edgardo Donato · 1941 is a vals.† Quién será · Edgardo Donato · 1941 lasts 02:15.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

96 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Luis Visca
Words
Luis Rubistein
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

La noche que en el baile tus ojos brujos se me clavaron, algo sentí en mi alma y amores nuevos me acariciaron. Con tu antifaz cubrías tus ojos que reían, luego quedé muy triste cuando te fuiste sin un adiós. Quién será, quién será, me pregunto sin cesar. Ilusión que te perdiste y que un día volverás. Quién será, quién será dónde estás mi corazón, que te busco entre las sombras y te llevo en mi canción. No sé por qué los vientos me traen siempre nostalgia y pena. Voces como lamentos, murmullos tristes, como la quena. Por tu recuerdo vivo, con tu recuerdo muero, y en medio de esta angustia mi amor te espera, por qué vendrás.

English · machine translation

The night that at the ball your witchy eyes pierced me, I felt something in my soul and new loves caressed me. With your mask you covered your laughing eyes, then I was very sad when you left without a goodbye. Who could it be, who could it be? I ask myself incessantly. Illusion that you lost and that one day you will return. Who will it be, who will it be where are you my heart that I look for you in the shadows and I carry you in my song. I don't know why the winds always bring me nostalgia and sorrow. Voices like laments, sad murmurs, like the quena. For your memory I live, with your memory I die, and in the midst of this anguish my love waits for you, why will you come.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1940 to 1941.
1940
Recordings of Quién será · Edgardo Donato · 1941 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 · 3 more we know of

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

The leader is Edgardo Donato, 1941, with 100% of the 96 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Edgardo DonatoMost dancedQuién seráEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagosvalsRCA Victor
    96 dances · 100%
    1941
  2. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdQuién seráRoberto FirpoAlberto DialevalsOdeon
    No match yet
    1940
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1940
  4. Orquesta Típica VictorNot in our catalogueAmanda Ledesma · Jul 231940
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini

One recording

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

Edgardo Donato

Quién seráEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagosvalsRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 93 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Edgardo Donato recorded on Oct 13, 1941.

  1. A media luzEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 5, 2010: 5, 2011: 10, 2012: 3, 2013: 6, 2014: 6, 2015: 6, 2016: 3, 2017: 5, 2018: 4, 2019: 4, 2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 4, 2024: 1, 2025: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    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.

3 of 10 complete sets on film

  1. Barbara Carpino and Claudio Forte

    2011 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1AmarrasJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    2. 2Quién seráEdgardo Donato, 1941
    3. 3El puntazoJuan D'Arienzo, 1952
    4. 4Ella es asíEdgardo Donato, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Liz Vanhove and Yannick Vanhove

    Sunderland Club, 2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Vieja lunaCarlos Di Sarli, 1945
    2. 2CriollaAlfredo De Angelis, 1951
    3. 3Quién seráEdgardo Donato, 1941
    4. 4ArgañarazHéctor Varela, 1959
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Maxi Copello and Raquel Makow

    2019 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Al compás del corazónMiguel Caló, 1942
    2. 2HumillaciónRodolfo Biagi, 1941
    3. 3Quién seráEdgardo Donato, 1941
    4. 4DesencuentroAníbal Troilo, 1962
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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. 1El puntazoJuan D'Arienzo, 1952 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4El olivoJuan D'Arienzo, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5Tú, el cielo y túCarlos Di Sarli, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6DesencuentroAníbal Troilo, 1962 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7RecuerdoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8Sin palabrasOsvaldo Pugliese, 1947 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9Al compás del corazónMiguel Caló, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10No me extrañaPedro Laurenz, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 02480002041559-1-3

tango.info · 02480002002444-1-15

tango.info · 00828766124224-1-19

tango.info · 04024236202492-1-1

Singers1

Sung by Horacio Lagos

Is a1

Is a vals

Duration1

Duration 02:15

Audio feature15

Audio feature 107.7

Audio feature 0.944

Audio feature G

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.796

Audio feature -21.8

Audio feature 0.291

Audio feature 0.451

Audio feature 0.401

Audio feature 0.007

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.592

Audio feature 109.0

Audio feature 72.7

Audio feature bar

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Quién seráRoberto FirpoAlberto Diale

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