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Paciencia · Héctor Varela · 1951

Héctor VarelaRodolfo Lesicatango
Music by Juan D'Arienzo, lyrics by Francisco Gorrindo. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–1987.

Who recorded it

Every version10

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1937

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEnrique Carbel · Alberto Echagüe …1937195119611970
  2. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Aguirre1972
  3. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida1938
  4. Héctor VarelaRodolfo Lesica1951
  5. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe · Walter Gutiérrez19721987
  6. Rafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaLuis Scalon1938

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Héctor Varela recordings indexed 1950–1975

Paciencia · Héctor Varela · 1951 was sung by Rodolfo Lesica.†† Paciencia · Héctor Varela · 1951 is a tango.† Paciencia · Héctor Varela · 1951 lasts 02:31.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

519 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan D'Arienzo
Words
Francisco Gorrindo
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Juan D'Arienzo’s 1970 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 10 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1937 to 1987.
1930’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Paciencia · Héctor Varela · 1951 by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, with 97% of the 519 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.

  2. Héctor VarelaPacienciaHéctor VarelaRodolfo Lesicatango
    8 dances · 2%
    1951
  3. Francisco CanaroPacienciaFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
    5 dances · <1%
    1938
  4. Rafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaPacienciaRafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaLuis Scalontango
    No match yet
    1938
  5. Alfredo De AngelisPacienciaAlfredo De AngelisCarlos AguirretangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1972
  7. Rafael CanaroNot in our catalogueLuis Scalón1936
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Jan 141938
  9. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueJan 141938
  10. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi · Jan 261938
  11. BachichaNot in our catalogueAlberto Larena1948
  12. Horacio MalvicinoNot in our catalogue
  13. Los Autenticos ReyesNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  14. Solo Tango orquestaNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

PacienciaHéctor VarelaRodolfo Lesicatango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 8 Performances

Denise Guardiola & Thierry Guardiola3:13

Recorded the same day

What else Héctor Varela recorded on Oct 26, 1951.

  1. Criolla lindaHéctor Varelatango

Danced to it

Music from 1951 · danced on film 2010–2022

20102022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sRuslan Takhirov & Natalia Atepaeva2013
  2. The 2020sPiotr Bochiński & Joanna Jabłońska2022

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. Ana Padron and Diego Blanco

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Corazón de oroFrancisco Canaro, 1961
    2. 2PacienciaHéctor Varela, 1951
    3. 3El esquinazoCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Videos danced in

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Rodolfo LesicaOct 26, 1951

In other catalogues7

tango.info · 02480002028734-1-4

tango.info · 02480002031062-1-5

tango.info · 02480002044017-1-14

tango.info · 07798108081795-1-10

tango.info · 00724359515823-1-4

tango.info · 02480002004158-1-14

tango.info · 00724385230325-1-3

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:31

Audio feature12

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.943

Audio feature 0.599

Audio feature -21.3

Audio feature 0.42

Audio feature 0.348

Audio feature 0.392

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.608

Audio feature 129.8

Audio feature 64.9

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. PacienciaJuan D'ArienzoEnrique Carbel

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