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Sur · Aníbal Troilo · 1948

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1947–1976.
1947: 1 · danced 0 times1948: 2 · danced 12 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1971: 1 · danced 1 times1972: 1 · danced 5 times1976: 1 · danced 0 times
1947’50’60’701976
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1947: 1, 0; 1948: 2, 12; 1956: 1, 0; 1971: 1, 1; 1972: 1, 5; 1976: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1948, 1956 and 1971.

    How we know

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

Sur · Aníbal Troilo · 1948 was sung by Edmundo Rivero.† Sur · Aníbal Troilo · 1948: Played as Rivero's whispered masterpiece, noted as partly Manzi's own farewell letter written while dying of cancer. and Lavocah's 'monster of a tango' in his Troilo book: Manzi's lyric encodes his lost love and impending death, and 'south' means the authentic poor side of the city.††

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 28 more we know of

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedEdmundo Rivero · RCA Victor · Feb 23
    11 dances
    1948
  2. Aníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero · TK · Aug 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  3. Aníbal TroiloRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · Apr 26
    1 dance
    1971
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba · Odeon · Oct 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1976
  5. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz · Odeon · Dec 14
    1 dance
    1948
  6. Hugo Diaz
    5 dances
    1972
  7. Quintin VerduEarliest we holdAgustín Duarte
    Not danced on film yet
    1947
  8. Luis CarusoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Jun 251948
  9. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  10. Aníbal Troilo, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa · Sep 211953
  11. Ángel DomínguezNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1967
  12. José CanetNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1970
  13. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue1971
  14. Rosanna FalascaNot in our catalogue1982
  15. Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogueRamón Regueira1998
  16. María GrañaNot in our catalogue
  17. Valeria LynchNot in our catalogue
  18. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  19. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  20. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1948 · danced on film 2018–2026

20182026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2026: 2

Germán Ballejo & Magdalena GutiérrezWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20172018 · 5:07

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena Gutiérrez2018
  2. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónMilonga El Garrón · 2026

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Edmundo RiveroFeb 23, 1948

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Audio feature15

Audio feature 126.0

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Audio feature 0.921

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Audio feature D

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Audio feature minor

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Audio feature 0.745

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Audio feature -21.1

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Audio feature 0.369

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Audio feature 0.113

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Audio feature 0.509

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Audio feature 0.03

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Audio feature 0.0

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Audio feature 0.461

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Audio feature 127.5

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Audio feature 63.7

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Notes2

Played as Rivero's whispered masterpiece, noted as partly Manzi's own farewell letter written while dying of cancer.

Single source

Lavocah's 'monster of a tango' in his Troilo book: Manzi's lyric encodes his lost love and impending death, and 'south' means the authentic poor side of the city.

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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Listen

  1. SurQuintin Verdu · Agustín Duarte · no clip yet1947

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