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A pan y agua · Ángel D'Agostino · 1945

Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
Music by Juan Carlos Cobián, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1960.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Ángel D'Agostino, 1945

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1945
  2. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1960

Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Ángel D'Agostino recordings indexed 1940–1963 · gold: With Vargas, 1940–1946

A pan y agua · Ángel D'Agostino · 1945 was sung by Ángel Vargas.† A pan y agua · Ángel D'Agostino · 1945 is a tango.† A pan y agua · Ángel D'Agostino · 1945 lasts 03:18.† A pan y agua · Ángel D'Agostino · 1945: A bizarre 1920 tango about military service that starts normally and breaks into a fast milonga; Dag calls it perhaps the least danceable D'Agostino ever, kept for its crystalline piano.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

4 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Carlos Cobián
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ángel D'Agostino’s 1945 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, 1945 to 1960.
1940’50’60
Recordings of A pan y agua · Ángel D'Agostino · 1945 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 · 5 more we know of

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'AgostinoEarliest we holdMost dancedA pan y aguaÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    4 dances
    1945
  2. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)A pan y aguaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1960
  3. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1920
  4. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueOct 141931
  5. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Jan 61953
  6. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueNov 291960
  7. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 251961

One recording

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

Ángel D'Agostino

A pan y aguaÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Horacio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia Berra2015 · 3:29

Recorded the same day

What else Ángel D'Agostino recorded on Oct 2, 1945.

  1. Tristeza criollaÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargasvalsRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1945 · danced on film 2015–2024

20152024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2024: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sHoracio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia Berra2015
  2. The 2020sHernan Alvarez Prieto & Natalia HillsGente Amiga · 2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance

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In other catalogues31

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tango.info · 02480002003557-1-13

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tango.info · 02480002102373-1-20

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Singers1

Sung by Ángel Vargas

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:18

Audio feature15

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.916

Audio feature C#

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.744

Audio feature -20.6

Audio feature 0.35

Audio feature 0.124

Audio feature 0.422

Audio feature 0.007

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.571

Audio feature 126.1

Audio feature 63.1

Audio feature step

Notes1

A bizarre 1920 tango about military service that starts normally and breaks into a fast milonga; Dag calls it perhaps the least danceable D'Agostino ever, kept for its crystalline piano.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. A pan y aguaÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas

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