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Maipo · Julio De Caro · 1941

Julio De Carotango
Music by Eduardo Arolas, lyrics by Gabriel Clausi. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1980.

Who recorded it

Every version9

Earliest we hold: Julio De Caro, 1928

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1939
  2. Osvaldo Fresedo1980
  3. Julio De Caro192819411953
  4. Florindo Sassone1951
  5. Fulvio Salamanca1964
  6. Troilo-Grela1962

Pinned at 1941 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Julio De Caro recordings indexed 1924–1953 · gold: After Laurenz, 1934–1943

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

106 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Arolas
Words
Gabriel Clausi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Vuelve a mí, recuerdo del ayer con el brillar de luces en escena; siempre el mismo fulgor, las viejas candilejas son como estrellas... Otra vez, vibra en la noche aquel sueño de amor y canto del pasado; sombras que corretean por este viejo tablado de ayer. Marquesinas de mis sueños, mil destellos de colores, figuras esculturales, nombres que están olvidados... corre el tiempo y el recuerdo se entrelaza con la pena... el sabor de cosas de antes guardadas con tanto amor... El viejo Maipo nos vio bajo sus luces aquellos días tan llenos de ternuras soñar amores que fueron embeleso... con toda el alma, con toda la ilusión, con estas notas, con este tango triste, quiero contarte teatro de mi pueblo aquello que guardé en mi corazón, tal como lo viví... tan lleno de emoción.

English · machine translation

Come back to me, memory of yesterday with the shining of lights on stage; always the same glow, the old candle lights are like stars... Again, that dream of love and song of the past dream of love and song of the past; shadows that run on this old stage of yesterday. Marquees of my dreams, a thousand flashes of colors, sculptural figures, names that are forgotten... time goes by and the memory intertwines with sorrow... the taste of things of yesteryear kept with so much love... The old Maipo saw us under its lights those days so full of tenderness to dream of loves that were enchantment... with all the soul, with all the illusion, with these notes, with this sad tango, I want to tell you about the theater of my people what I kept in my heart, as I lived it... so full of emotion.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1928 to 1980.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Maipo · Julio De Caro · 1941 by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1939, with 95% of the 106 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “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. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedMaipoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    101 dances · 95%
    1939
  2. Troilo-GrelaMaipoTroilo-GrelainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    1 dance · <1%
    1962
  3. Pedro MaffiaMaipoPedro Maffiatango
    No match yet
    1936
  4. Florindo SassoneMaipoFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1951
  5. Fulvio SalamancaMaipoFulvio Salamancatango
    No match yet
    1964
  6. Osvaldo FresedoMaipoOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1980
  7. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue
  8. Orquesta del Tango de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Julio De Caro

MaipoJulio De Carotango

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