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La última curda · Roberto Goyeneche · 1986

Roberto Goyeneche · tango · 1986
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1986.

Who recorded it

Every version10

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1956

  1. Aníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero · Roberto Goyeneche195619631969
  2. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1966
  3. Alfredo GobbiTito Lando1957
  4. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero19571965
  5. Astor PiazzollaRoberto Goyeneche1982
  6. Hugo Diaz1972

Recorded in 1986, during the Revival (1985–1999).

1986

19851999

Roberto Goyeneche · no periods written yet

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Key facts
Year
1986
Orchestra
Roberto Goyeneche
Contents1The song2Who wrote it3Lyrics4Every version5One recording

The song

ROBERTO GOYENECHE Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICARoberto GoyenecheLA ÚLTIMA CURDATango1986

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

100 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Words
Catulo Castillo
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Lastima, bandoneón, mi corazon tu ronca maldición maleva... Tu lágrima de ron me lleva hasta el hondo bajo fondo donde el barro se subleva. ¡Ya sé, no me digás! ¡Tenés razón! La vida es una herida absurda, y es todo tan fugaz que es una curda, ¡nada más! mi confesión. Contame tu condena, decime tu fracaso, ¿no ves la pena que me ha herido? Y hablame simplemente de aquel amor ausente tras un retazo del olvido. ¡Ya sé que te lastimo! ¡Ya se que te hago daño llorando mi sermón de vino! Pero es el viejo amor que tiembla, bandoneón, y busca en el licor que aturde, la curda que al final termine la función corriéndole un telón al corazón. Un poco de recuerdo y sinsabor gotea tu rezongo lerdo. Marea tu licor y arrea la tropilla de la zurda al volcar la última curda. Cerrame el ventanal que arrastra el sol su lento caracol de sueño, ¿no ves que vengo de un país que está de olvido, siempre gris, tras el alcohol?...

English · machine translation

Too bad, bandoneon, my heart your hoarse evil curse... Your rum tear takes me to the deepest depths where the mud revolts. I know, don't tell me! You're right! Life is an absurd wound and it's all so fleeting that it's a cure, nothing more! my confession. Tell me your condemnation, tell me your failure, don't you see the sorrow that has wounded me? And tell me simply of that absent love behind a remnant of oblivion. I know I hurt you! I know I hurt you by crying my wine sermon! But it is the old love that trembles, bandoneon, and searches in the liquor that stuns, the cure that at the end ends the show by pulling back a curtain to the heart. A little bit of memory and flavorlessness drips your slow gossip. Tide your liquor and plough the left-handed troop when overturning the last curda. Close the window that drags the sun its slow snail of sleep, don't you see that I come from a country that is in oblivion, always gray, after alcohol...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 10 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1956 to 1986.
1950’60’70’80
Recordings of La última curda · Roberto Goyeneche · 1986 by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 8, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 7 orchestras; the earliest here is Aníbal Troilo in 1956.

  1. 1956Aníbal TroiloRecording
  2. 1957Alfredo GobbiRecording
  3. 1957Horacio SalganRecording
  4. 1966Armando PontierRecording
  5. 1972Hugo DiazRecording
  6. 1982Astor PiazzollaRecording
  7. 1986Roberto GoyenecheRecording

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

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

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

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, with 75% of the 100 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

2 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Astor PiazzollaLa última curda · Astor Piazzolla · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · May 30, 1982
    17 dances · 17%
    1982
  2. Hugo DiazLa última curda · Hugo Diaz · tango · 1972
    6 dances · 6%
    1972
  3. Alfredo GobbiLa última curda · Alfredo Gobbi · Tito Lando · tango · Jun 18, 1957
    1 dance · 1%
    1957
  4. Armando PontierLa última curda · Armando Pontier · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · Dec 15, 1966
    1 dance · 1%
    1966
  5. Roberto GoyenecheLa última curda · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · 1986
    No match yet
    1986
  6. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1932
  7. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1940
  8. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueTito Landó · Jun 181957
  9. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  10. Orquesta Matos RodríguezNot in our catalogueRicardo Olivera2005
  11. Cacho CastañaNot in our catalogue
  12. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  13. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  14. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  15. Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue
  16. Alba SolísNot in our catalogue
  17. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogueDiego Hernan
  18. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

One recording

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

ROBERTO GOYENECHE Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICARoberto GoyenecheLA ÚLTIMA CURDATango1986

Roberto Goyeneche

La última curda · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · 1986

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

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  1. La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · Edmundo Rivero · 1956

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