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A oscuras · Edgardo Donato · 1941

Edgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
Music by Ascanio Donato, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1941

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1941

Pinned at 1941 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Edgardo Donato recordings indexed 1930–1961

A oscuras · Edgardo Donato · 1941 was sung by Horacio Lagos.† A oscuras · Edgardo Donato · 1941 is a tango.† A oscuras · Edgardo Donato · 1941 lasts 02:51.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

18 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Ascanio Donato
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Edgardo Donato’s 1941 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1941 to 1941.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedA oscurasEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
    18 dances
    1941

One recording

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

Edgardo Donato

A oscurasEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 18 Performances

Pablo Inza & Yamila Ivonne2011 · 3:00

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2012: 4, 2015: 3, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sPablo Inza & Yamila Ivonne2011
  2. The 2020sJulio Robles & Juana García2026

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Giselle Anne and Gustavo Naveira

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1A oscurasEdgardo Donato, 1941
    2. 2Nochero soyOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956
    3. 3El jagüelCarlos Di Sarli, 1956
    4. 4Nueve puntosCarlos Di Sarli, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Bruno Tombari and Mariangeles Caamaño

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1A oscurasEdgardo Donato, 1941
    2. 2CachiruloAníbal Troilo, 1941
    3. 3La morochaJuan D'Arienzo, 1949
    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. 1Nochero soyOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances

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In other catalogues7

tango.info · 08427328130950-1-17

tango.info · 02480002002444-1-14

tango.info · 04024236202515-1-3

tango.info · 00828767009520-1-18

tango.info · 02480002041542-1-15

tango.info · 02480002119722-1-19

tango.info · 02480002152088-1-19

Singers1

Sung by Horacio Lagos

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:51

Audio feature15

Audio feature 126.0

Audio feature 0.943

Audio feature A

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.75

Audio feature -22.6

Audio feature 0.348

Audio feature 0.355

Audio feature 0.345

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.654

Audio feature 125.5

Audio feature 62.7

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. A oscurasEdgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos

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