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Acquaforte · Carlos Gardel · 1933

Carlos Gardelsungtango
Music by Horacio Pettorossi, lyrics by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1958–1962.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1958

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMiguel Montero1958
  2. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero1962

Recorded in 1933, during the Guardia Nueva (1920–1934).

1933

19201934

Acquaforte · Carlos Gardel · 1933: A socially critical lyric about cabaret luxury against starving workers, showing Gardel's willingness to sing anything.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

53 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Horacio Pettorossi
Words
Juan Carlos Marambio Catán
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1958 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, 1958 to 1962.
1950’60
Recordings of Acquaforte · Carlos Gardel · 1933 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 7, 2026

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

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1958, with 100% of the 53 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. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedAcquaforteOsvaldo PuglieseMiguel MonterotangoOdeon
    53 dances · 100%
    1958
  2. Horacio SalganAcquaforteHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips
    No match yet
    1962
  3. Agustín MagaldiNot in our catalogue1932
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi1932
  5. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Feb 221933
  6. Agustín MagaldiNot in our catalogue
  7. Cristóbal RepettoNot in our catalogue
  8. Luis CardeiNot in our catalogue
  9. Jorge DuránNot in our catalogue
  10. Diego CentenoNot in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi
  11. Sexteto CanyengueNot in our catalogueFabián Russo
  12. Sexteto CanyengueNot in our catalogue

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From Tango by Year

A socially critical lyric about cabaret luxury against starving workers, showing Gardel's willingness to sing anything.

Tango By Year: Tango 1933
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Notes1

A socially critical lyric about cabaret luxury against starving workers, showing Gardel's willingness to sing anything.

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  1. AcquaforteOsvaldo PuglieseMiguel Montero

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