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Song

La maleva · Francisco Canaro · 1938

Francisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
Music by Antonio Buglione. 13 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2003.

Who recorded it

Every version13

Earliest we hold: Roberto Firpo, 1927

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1949
  2. Aníbal Troilo1942
  3. Miguel Caló1943
  4. Rodolfo Biagi1939
  5. Francisco Canaro1938
  6. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1950

Pinned at 1938 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: With Maida, 1933–1938

La maleva · Francisco Canaro · 1938 is a tango.† La maleva · Francisco Canaro · 1938 lasts 02:42.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

13 orchestras recorded it

51 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Antonio Buglione
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Rodolfo Biagi’s 1939 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 13 recordings of this song by 13 orchestras, 1927 to 2003.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of La maleva · Francisco Canaro · 1938 by year, taller the more they are danced · 13 of 13 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Rodolfo Biagi, 1939, with 47% of the 51 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedLa malevaRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    24 dances · 47%
    1939
  2. Aníbal TroiloLa malevaAníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor
    23 dances · 45%
    1942
  3. Miguel CalóLa malevaMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    4 dances · 8%
    1943
  4. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdLa malevaRoberto FirpotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1927
  5. Francisco CanaroLa malevaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1938
  6. Juan D'ArienzoLa malevaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1949
  7. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)La malevaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1950
  8. José BassoLa malevaJosé BassoOscar FerraritangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1955
  9. Juan de Dios FilibertoLa malevaJuan de Dios Filibertotango
    No match yet
    1959
  10. Troilo-GrelaLa malevaTroilo-GrelainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1962
  11. Héctor VarelaLa malevaHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1967
  12. Raúl GarelloLa malevaRaúl Garellotango
    No match yet
    1982
  13. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciLa malevaOrquesta Típica Sans Soucitango
    No match yet
    2003
  14. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1922
  15. Orquesta Típica Brodman-AlfaroNot in our catalogue1929
  16. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDec 61950
  17. Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueDec 281950
  18. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  19. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  20. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue-unspecified female-

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

La malevaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Jul 14, 1938.

  1. Reliquias porteñasFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
  2. Pecado mortalFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon

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Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues8

tango.info · 02480002028697-1-10

tango.info · 08427328140263-1-19

tango.info · 08427328146012-1-14

tango.info · 04988006679276-1-22

tango.info · 07798108080972-2-15

tango.info · 00008637211721-1-8

tango.info · 00724359515922-1-3

tango.info · 02480002040910-1-18

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:42

Audio feature15

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.958

Audio feature C

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.771

Audio feature -23.2

Audio feature 0.496

Audio feature 0.446

Audio feature 0.003

Audio feature 0.053

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.944

Audio feature 128.8

Audio feature 64.4

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. La malevaRoberto Firpo

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