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Desde el alma · Juan D'Arienzo · 1935

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor
Music by Rosita Melo, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 15 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2014.

Who recorded it

Every version15

Earliest we hold: Roberto Firpo, 1927

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1935
  2. Osvaldo Pugliese19791985
  3. Ricardo Tanturi1944
  4. Francisco CanaroNelly Omar19401947
  5. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1952
  6. Roberto Firpo1927

Pinned at 1935 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · 7 applied periods in gold

Desde el alma · Juan D'Arienzo · 1935 is a vals.† Desde el alma · Juan D'Arienzo · 1935 lasts 03:02.† Desde el alma · Juan D'Arienzo · 1935: D'Arienzo's very first recording, a waltz rather than a tango, played instrumentally as most bands did at the time.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

13 orchestras recorded it

302 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Rosita Melo
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.

Español

Alma, si tanto te han herido, ¿por qué te niegas al olvido? ¿Por qué prefieres llorar lo que has perdido, buscar lo que has querido, llamar lo que murió? Vives inútilmente triste y sé que nunca mereciste pagar con penas la culpa de ser buena, tan buena como fuiste por amor. Fue lo que empezó una vez, lo que después dejó de ser. Lo que al final por culpa de un error fue noche amarga del corazón. ¡Deja esas cartas! ¡Vuelve a tu antigua ilusión! Junto al dolor que abre una herida llega la vida trayendo otro amor. Alma, no entornes tu ventana al sol feliz de la mañana. No desesperes, que el sueño más querido es el que más nos hiere, es el que duele más. Vives inútilmente triste y sé que nunca mereciste pagar con penas la culpa de ser buena, tan buena como fuiste por amor.

English · machine translation

Soul, if you have been hurt so much, why do you refuse to forget? why do you refuse to forget? Why do you prefer to mourn what you have lost, seek what you have loved, to call what has died? You live uselessly sad and I know you never deserved to pay with sorrows the guilt of being good, as good as you were for love. It was what once began, what then ceased to be. What in the end because of a mistake was a bitter night of the heart. Leave those cards! Go back to your old illusion! Next to the pain that opens a wound comes life brings another love. Soul, do not close your window to the happy morning sun. Do not despair, that the dearest dream is the one that hurts us the most, it is the one that hurts the most. You live uselessly sad and I know you never deserved to pay with sorrows the guilt of being good, as good as you were for love.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 15 recordings of this song by 13 orchestras, 1927 to 2014.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Desde el alma · Juan D'Arienzo · 1935 by year, taller the more they are danced · 15 of 15 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 23 more we know of

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, with 61% of the 302 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

15 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. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Desde el almaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)vals
    56 dances · 19%
    2003
  2. Juan D'ArienzoDesde el almaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor
    39 dances · 13%
    1935
  3. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Desde el almaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)valsOdeon
    5 dances · 2%
    1952
  4. Ricardo TanturiDesde el almaRicardo TanturiinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor
    3 dances · <1%
    1944
  5. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdDesde el almaRoberto FirpoinstrumentalvalsOdeon
    No match yet
    1927
  6. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoDesde el almaCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpovals
    No match yet
    1947
  7. José SalaDesde el almaJosé SalaAlfredo BelusivalsColumbia
    No match yet
    1953
  8. Horacio SalganDesde el almaHoracio SalganvalsTK
    No match yet
    1953
  9. Juan de Dios FilibertoDesde el almaJuan de Dios Filibertovals
    No match yet
    1959
  10. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoDesde el almaLos Solistas De D'ArienzovalsMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1987
  11. Sexteto VisceralDesde el almaSexteto Visceralvals
    No match yet
    2014
  12. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1928
  13. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1937
  14. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueAug 101948
  15. Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueRoberto Cortés · Oct 101950
  16. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJul 151952
  17. Julia VidalNot in our catalogue1954
  18. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogue1954

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Desde el almaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 36 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Jul 2, 1935.

  1. Gran Hotel VictoriaJuan D'ArienzotangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1935 · danced on film 2012–2025

20122025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 3, 2015: 5, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2019: 3, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 1

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.

3 of 6 complete sets on film

  1. Joanna Jabłońska and Piotr Bochiński

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Carnaval de mi barrioEdgardo Donato, 1939
    2. 2UnoJuan D'Arienzo, 1943
    3. 3Desde el almaJuan D'Arienzo, 1935
    4. 4CacareandoTípica Victor, 1933
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Maxi Copello and Raquel Makow

    2019 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Nido gauchoCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970
    3. 3Desde el almaJuan D'Arienzo, 1935
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Lucas Ameijeras and Yanina Bassi

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1LocaJuan D'Arienzo, 1942
    2. 2Desde el almaJuan D'Arienzo, 1935
    3. 3La puñaladaJuan D'Arienzo, 1943
    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. 1PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2LocaJuan D'Arienzo, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3La puñaladaJuan D'Arienzo, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4El pañuelitoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1959 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues12

tango.info · 00229001001827-1-1

tango.info · 00743215827627-1-13

tango.info · 00743216334223-1-5

tango.info · 02480002003014-1-1

tango.info · 02480002031147-1-5

tango.info · 02480002331421-1-2

tango.info · 02480002331575-1-3

tango.info · 02480002332022-1-3

tango.info · 02480002337065-1-1

tango.info · 02480002760511-1-1

tango.info · 04024236202379-1-1

tango.info · 07798108080453-1-11

Is a1

Is a vals

Duration1

Duration 03:02

Audio feature12

Audio feature 105.5

Audio feature 0.953

Audio feature B

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.621

Audio feature -20.8

Audio feature 0.392

Audio feature 0.433

Audio feature 0.077

Audio feature 0.138

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.785

Notes1

D'Arienzo's very first recording, a waltz rather than a tango, played instrumentally as most bands did at the time.

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Desde el almaRoberto Firpo

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