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Elegante papirusa · Miguel Caló · 1943

Miguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon
Music by Tito Roccatagliata. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2003.

Pinned at 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Miguel Caló recordings indexed 1933–1972 · gold: Orchestra of the stars, 1939–1944

Elegante papirusa · Miguel Caló · 1943 is a tango.† Elegante papirusa · Miguel Caló · 1943 lasts 02:33.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

3 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Tito Roccatagliata
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 7 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1935 to 2003.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Elegante papirusa · Miguel Caló · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 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. Juan D'ArienzoElegante papirusaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1970
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseElegante papirusaOsvaldo Pugliesesinger unknowntangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1986
  4. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdElegante papirusaEdgardo DonatoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1935
  5. Enrique FranciniElegante papirusaEnrique FranciniinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1956
  6. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciElegante papirusaOrquesta Típica Sans Soucisinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2003
  7. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueJul 211922
  8. Bernardo AlemanyNot in our catalogue1938
  9. Bernardo AlemanyNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-1938
  10. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueJun 81960

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

Elegante papirusaMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Delfina Pissani & Diego Valero2022 · 2:29

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2019–2022

20192022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2019: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sDaniel Carlsson & Linnéa Andersson2019
  2. The 2020sDelfina Pissani & Diego Valero2022

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Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Videos danced in

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues11

tango.info · 04024236202249-1-12

tango.info · 02480002101321-1-32

tango.info · 02480002102618-1-3

tango.info · 00724353317928-1-7

tango.info · 02480002159148-1-12

tango.info · 00724383729425-1-9

tango.info · 00094637196427-1-5

tango.info · 00724349360228-1-10

tango.info · 00094638988120-1-10

tango.info · 02480002043447-1-9

tango.info · 00724349537224-1-15

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:33

Audio feature15

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.955

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.62

Audio feature -25.5

Audio feature 0.344

Audio feature 0.381

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.115

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.884

Audio feature 123.4

Audio feature 61.7

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Elegante papirusaEdgardo Donatosinger unknown

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