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Milonga de mis amores · 1965

Music by Pedro Laurenz, lyrics by José María Contursi. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2017.
1937: 2 · danced 122 times1944: 1 · danced 3 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 169 times1998: 1 · danced 29 times2001: 1 · danced 0 times2017: 1 · danced 0 times
1937’50’60’70’80’90’00’102017
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1937: 2, 122; 1944: 1, 3; 1965: 1, 0; 1968: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 169; 1998: 1, 29; 2001: 1, 0; 2017: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo’s 1970 version holds 52% of its dancing (169 of 323).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 9 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Pedro Laurenz recorded it in 1937, 1944 and 1968.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Credit

Music
Pedro Laurenz
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 25 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedRCA Victor · Dec 16
    169 dances
    1970
  2. Pedro LaurenzHéctor Farrel · RCA Victor · Jul 14
    88 dances
    1937
  3. Pedro LaurenzOdeon · Jan 14
    3 dances
    1944
  4. Pedro LaurenzMicrofon · Dec 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  5. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon · May 26
    34 dances
    1937
  6. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)
    29 dances
    1998
  7. Miguel Villasboas
    Not danced on film yet
    2001
  8. Reynaldo NicheleMicrofon
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  9. Sexteto Visceral
    Not danced on film yet
    2017
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCharlo · Jun 21937
  11. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogue1953
  12. Domingo RulioNot in our catalogue1960
  13. Pedro LaurenzNot in our catalogue1966
  14. Trío GarufaNot in our catalogue2004
  15. Ricardo OliveraNot in our catalogue2009
  16. Alberto CastilloNot in our catalogue
  17. CharloNot in our catalogue
  18. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  19. Anibal AriasNot in our catalogue
  20. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Oigo tu voz engarzada en los acordes de una Iírica guitarra... Sos milonga de otros tiempos... Yo te vi crecer prendida en las polleras de un bailongo guapo y rompedor como jamás ha de volver. Nadie, tal vez, comprendió mejor las penas y el sentir de mi barriada... Sin embargo te olvidaron y en el callejón tan sólo una guitarra te recuerda, criolla como vos, y en su gemir tiembla mi ser. Vuelvo cansado de todo y en mi corazón lloran los años... Mi vida busca tan sólo la tranquilidad del viejo barrio... Y encuentro todo cambiado menos tu canción, milonga mía... El progreso ha destrozado toda la emoción de mi arrabal. Quiero olvidar y tus notas van llenando de tristeza el alma mía... He cruzado tantas veces ese callejón, llevando entre los labios un silbido alegre y tu cantar emborrachando el corazón. Era feliz entregado a las caricias de la única sincera que acunó una primavera que no floreció... Milonga, ya no puedo continuar... El llanto me venció... Quiero olvidar... y pienso más.

English · machine translation

I hear your voice set in the chords of an irenic guitar... You are a milonga of other times... I saw you grow up pinned on the skirts of a handsome and groundbreaking bailongo as it will never come back. No one, perhaps, understood better the sorrows and the feelings of my neighborhood... However, they forgot you and in the alleyway only a guitar remembers you, Creole like you, and in its moaning my being trembles. I come back tired of everything and in my heart the years weep... My life seeks only the tranquility of the old neighborhood... And I find everything changed except your song, my milonga... Progress has destroyed all the emotion of my suburb. I want to forget and your notes are filling my soul with sadness... I have crossed that alley so many times carrying between my lips a cheerful whistle and your singing making my heart drunk. I was happy surrendered to the caresses of the only sincere one who cradled a spring that did not bloom... Milonga, I can no longer continue... Crying overcame me... I want to forget... and I think more.

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The day it was recorded.

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  1. Milonga de mis amoresFrancisco Canaro1937

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