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Esclavas blancas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940

Juan D'ArienzoAlberto ReynaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Horacio Pettorossi, lyrics by Horacio Pettorossi. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1932–1950.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1932

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Reynal1940
  2. Francisco CanaroAgustin Irusta1932
  3. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz1950

Pinned at 1940 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: Slowing down, 1940–1944

Esclavas blancas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940 was sung by Alberto Reynal.†† Esclavas blancas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940 is a tango.† Esclavas blancas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940 lasts 02:58.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

9 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Horacio Pettorossi
Words
Horacio Pettorossi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Juan D'Arienzo’s 1940 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1932 to 1950.
1930’40’50
Recordings of Esclavas blancas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1940 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 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'ArienzoMost dancedEsclavas blancasJuan D'ArienzoAlberto ReynaltangoRCA Victor
    8 dances
    1940
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEsclavas blancasFrancisco CanaroAgustin IrustatangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1932
  3. Francisco RotundoEsclavas blancasFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1950
  4. -unspecified male-Not in our catalogue1928
  5. Eduardo Bianco, BachichaNot in our catalogueTeresita Asprella · Jan 261928
  6. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo BarbieriNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 161931
  7. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
  8. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  9. Carlos AcuñaNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Esclavas blancasJuan D'ArienzoAlberto ReynaltangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances

Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia HurtadoTango Cazino · 2018 · 3:14

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Dec 12, 1940.

  1. Milonga del 83Juan D'ArienzoAlberto ReynalmilongaRCA Victor
  2. Flor del malJuan D'ArienzoHéctor MaurévalsRCA Victor
  3. No te engañes corazónJuan D'ArienzoAlberto ReynaltangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2013–2018

20132018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 2, 2016: 1, 2018: 3

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Carlitos Espinoza and Noelia Hurtado

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La bebaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1972
    2. 2Esclavas blancasJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3Milonga que peina canasJuan D'Arienzo, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Milonga que peina canasJuan D'Arienzo, 1952 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2OlgaAlfredo De Angelis, 1954 · danced together in 2 Performances

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Alberto ReynalDec 12, 1940

Recordings1

Recorded by Juan D'ArienzoDec 12, 1940

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 02480002335436-1-5

tango.info · 02480002027737-1-8

tango.info · 04011222317599-9-3

tango.info · 00008637207120-1-19

tango.info · 02480002003076-1-15

tango.info · 02480002337157-2-2

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:58

Audio feature15

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.95

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.759

Audio feature -21.2

Audio feature 0.338

Audio feature 0.427

Audio feature 0.287

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.712

Audio feature 131.4

Audio feature 65.7

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Esclavas blancasFrancisco CanaroAgustin Irusta

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