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La madrugada · Pedro Laurenz · 1944

Pedro LaurenzCarlos BermúdeztangoOdeon
Music by Ángel Maffia, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–2003.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1929

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe1944
  2. Pedro LaurenzCarlos Bermúdez1944
  3. Francisco Canaro1929
  4. Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro2003

Recorded on Apr 26, 1944, during the Golden Age (1935–1954).

1944

19351954

Pedro Laurenz: Later years period, 1944–1953

La madrugada · Pedro Laurenz · 1944 was sung by Carlos Bermúdez.† La madrugada · Pedro Laurenz · 1944 is a tango.† La madrugada · Pedro Laurenz · 1944 lasts 02:45.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

54 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Ángel Maffia
Words
Catulo Castillo
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Juan D'Arienzo’s 1944 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1929 to 2003.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of La madrugada · Pedro Laurenz · 1944 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 3, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 4 orchestras; the earliest here is Francisco Canaro in 1929.

  1. 1929Francisco CanaroRecording
  2. 1944Pedro LaurenzRecording
  3. 1944Juan D'ArienzoRecording
  4. 2003Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1944, with 83% of the 54 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. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedLa madrugadaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
    45 dances · 83%
    1944
  2. Pedro LaurenzLa madrugadaPedro LaurenzCarlos BermúdeztangoOdeon
    9 dances · 17%
    1944
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdLa madrugadaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1929
  4. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroLa madrugadaOrquesta Típica Fernández Fierrotango
    No match yet
    2003

One recording

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

Pedro Laurenz

La madrugadaPedro LaurenzCarlos BermúdeztangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 11 Performances

Sebastián Achaval & Cecilia BerraWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20052025 · 0:55

Recorded the same day

What else Pedro Laurenz recorded on Apr 26, 1944.

  1. Llueve otra vezPedro LaurenzCarlos BermúdeztangoOdeon
  2. Mas solo que nuncaPedro LaurenzCarlos BermúdeztangoOdeon
  3. TemblandoPedro LaurenzCarlos BermúdezvalsOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2012–2025

20122025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sOsvaldo Cartery & Coca CarteryViva La Pepa · 2012
  2. The 2020sSebastián Achaval & Cecilia Berra2025

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Frank Obregon and Jenny Gil

    2016 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1La madrugadaPedro Laurenz, 1944
    2. 2PrometedoraJuan D'Arienzo, 1962
    3. 3Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Constantinos Bagropoulos and Metaxenia Karachaliou

    TangoLovers Festival, 2017 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1La madrugadaPedro Laurenz, 1944
    2. 2Por qué razónJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    3. 3Milonga que peina canasMiguel Caló, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues8

tango.info · 02480002102786-1-16

tango.info · 00724352911028-1-18

tango.info · 03149024231421-1-22

tango.info · 07798108080538-2-4

tango.info · 02480002032014-1-14

tango.info · 05099964046426-6-12

tango.info · 02480002043171-1-8

tango.info · 04024236204250-1-1

Singers1

Sung by Carlos Bermúdez

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:45

Audio feature15

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.93

Audio feature D

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.747

Audio feature -22.8

Audio feature 0.342

Audio feature 0.349

Audio feature 0.485

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.513

Audio feature 123.6

Audio feature 61.8

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. La madrugadaFrancisco Canaro

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