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Desde el alma · Roberto Firpo · 1927

Music by Rosita Melo, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 15 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2014.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1935: 1 · danced 39 times1940: 1 · danced 13 times1944: 1 · danced 3 times1947: 2 · danced 2 times1952: 1 · danced 4 times1953: 2 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times1979: 1 · danced 18 times1985: 1 · danced 164 times1987: 1 · danced 0 times2003: 1 · danced 56 times2014: 1 · danced 0 times
1927’40’50’60’70’80’90’002014
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1935: 1, 39; 1940: 1, 13; 1944: 1, 3; 1947: 2, 2; 1952: 1, 4; 1953: 2, 0; 1959: 1, 0; 1979: 1, 18; 1985: 1, 164; 1987: 1, 0; 2003: 1, 56; 2014: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1985 version holds 54% of its dancing (164 of 299).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 15 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Osvaldo Pugliese recorded it in 1979 and 1985. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

Desde el alma · Roberto Firpo · 1927 is a vals.† Desde el alma · Roberto Firpo · 1927 lasts 02:43.†

Credit

Music
Rosita Melo
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 23 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 2
    39 dances
    1935
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 27
    18 dances
    1979
  3. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 26
    164 dances
    1985
  4. Ricardo TanturiInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 28
    3 dances
    1944
  5. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · May 23
    13 dances
    1940
  6. Francisco CanaroNelly Omar · Odeon · Oct 22
    2 dances
    1947
  7. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Apr 15
    4 dances
    1952
  8. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  9. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoMay 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1947
  10. José SalaAlfredo Belusi · Columbia · Dec 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  11. Horacio SalganTK
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  12. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Jun 1
    56 dances
    2003
  13. Juan de Dios FilibertoOct 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  14. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1987
  15. Sexteto VisceralJul 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2014
  16. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1928
  17. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1937
  18. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueAug 101948
  19. Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueRoberto Cortés · Oct 101950
  20. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJul 151952

Lyrics

Español

Alma, si tanto te han herido, ¿por qué te niegas al olvido? ¿Por qué prefieres llorar lo que has perdido, buscar lo que has querido, llamar lo que murió? Vives inútilmente triste y sé que nunca mereciste pagar con penas la culpa de ser buena, tan buena como fuiste por amor. Fue lo que empezó una vez, lo que después dejó de ser. Lo que al final por culpa de un error fue noche amarga del corazón. ¡Deja esas cartas! ¡Vuelve a tu antigua ilusión! Junto al dolor que abre una herida llega la vida trayendo otro amor. Alma, no entornes tu ventana al sol feliz de la mañana. No desesperes, que el sueño más querido es el que más nos hiere, es el que duele más. Vives inútilmente triste y sé que nunca mereciste pagar con penas la culpa de ser buena, tan buena como fuiste por amor.

English · machine translation

Soul, if you have been hurt so much, why do you refuse to forget? why do you refuse to forget? Why do you prefer to mourn what you have lost, seek what you have loved, to call what has died? You live uselessly sad and I know you never deserved to pay with sorrows the guilt of being good, as good as you were for love. It was what once began, what then ceased to be. What in the end because of a mistake was a bitter night of the heart. Leave those cards! Go back to your old illusion! Next to the pain that opens a wound comes life brings another love. Soul, do not close your window to the happy morning sun. Do not despair, that the dearest dream is the one that hurts us the most, it is the one that hurts the most. You live uselessly sad and I know you never deserved to pay with sorrows the guilt of being good, as good as you were for love.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 02480002707097-2-1

Single source

tango.info · 04024236202676-1-9

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tango.info · 02480002042068-1-13

Single source

Is a1

Is a vals

Single source

Duration1

Duration 02:43

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Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Desde el almaRoberto Firpo1927

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