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A media luz · Enrique Rodríguez · 1940

Music by Edgardo Donato, lyrics by Carlos Lenzi. 31 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–2002.
1926: 2 · danced 0 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times1934: 1 · danced 0 times1940: 1 · danced 0 times1941: 1 · danced 1 times1949: 1 · danced 0 times1950: 1 · danced 0 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1953: 2 · danced 0 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 1 · danced 1 times1959: 2 · danced 0 times1961: 1 · danced 4 times1963: 1 · danced 0 times1964: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 2 · danced 0 times1968: 2 · danced 0 times1973: 2 · danced 0 times1974: 1 · danced 0 times1977: 2 · danced 0 times1980: 1 · danced 0 times1983: 1 · danced 0 times1987: 1 · danced 0 times2002: 1 · danced 0 times
1926’40’50’60’70’80’902002
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1926: 2, 0; 1927: 1, 0; 1934: 1, 0; 1940: 1, 0; 1941: 1, 1; 1949: 1, 0; 1950: 1, 0; 1951: 1, 0; 1953: 2, 0; 1955: 1, 0; 1956: 1, 1; 1959: 2, 0; 1961: 1, 4; 1963: 1, 0; 1964: 1, 0; 1965: 2, 0; 1968: 2, 0; 1973: 2, 0; 1974: 1, 0; 1977: 2, 0; 1980: 1, 0; 1983: 1, 0; 1987: 1, 0; 2002: 1, 0

  1. Miguel Caló recorded it in 1964 and 1965. 5 other orchestras recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

A media luz · Enrique Rodríguez · 1940 was sung by Armando Moreno.† A media luz · Enrique Rodríguez · 1940 is a tango.† A media luz · Enrique Rodríguez · 1940 lasts 02:11.†

Credit

Music
Edgardo Donato
Lyrics
Carlos Lenzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

31 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 67 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoRCA Victor · Dec 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  2. Miguel CalóOdeon · Apr 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1964
  3. Miguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi, Lucho Gatica · Odeon Colombia
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  4. Miguel CalóLucho Gatica · Odeon Chile
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  5. Osvaldo FresedoArgentino Ledesma · Columbia · Jul 4
    Not danced on film yet
    1980
  6. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos · RCA Victor · Oct 13
    1 dance
    1941
  7. Edgardo DonatoCarlos Almada · Pampa · Jul 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  8. Edgardo DonatoMost dancedAndrés Galarce · RCA Victor · Nov 1
    4 dances
    1961
  9. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno · Odeon · Nov 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1940
  10. Alfredo De AngelisOdeon · Aug 16
    1 dance
    1956
  11. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon · Nov 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1926
  12. Francisco CanaroOdeon · Nov 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1926
  13. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Odeon · Nov 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  14. Roberto FirpoOdeon · May 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  15. Roberto FirpoCarlos Varela · Odeon · Oct 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1934
  16. Enrique FranciniCBS Columbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1977
  17. José BassoFrancisco Fiorentino · Odeon · Sep 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  18. José Basso
    Not danced on film yet
    1983
  19. Alfredo GobbiJun 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  20. Orquesta Francini-PontierSnow Records Japan
    Not danced on film yet
    1973

Lyrics

Español

Corrientes 3, 4, 8, segundo piso, ascensor. No hay porteros ni vecinos. Adentro, cocktail y amor. Pisito que puso Maple: piano, estera y velador, un telefón que contesta, una victrola que llora viejos tangos de mi flor y un gato de porcelana pa' que no maulle al amor. Y todo a media luz, que es un brujo el amor, a media luz los besos, a media luz los dos. Y todo a media luz crepúsculo interior. ¡Qué suave terciopelo la media luz de amor! Juncal 12, 24 Telefoneá sin temor. De tarde, té con masitas; de noche, tango y cantar. Los domingos, tés danzantes; los lunes, desolación, Hay de todo en la casita: almohadones y divanes; come en botica, cocó; alfombras que no hacen ruido y mesa puesta al amor.

English · machine translation

Corrientes 3, 4, 8, second floor, elevator. No doormen or neighbors. Inside, cocktail and love. Maple put on the floor: piano, mat and bedside table, a telephone that answers, a Victrola that cries old tangos of my flower and a porcelain cat so it won't meow at love. And all in half light, that love is a sorcerer, in the half light the kisses, half-light the two. And all in the half light inner twilight. What a soft velvet the half-light of love! Juncal 12, 24 Telephone without fear. In the afternoon, tea and biscuits; at night, tango and singing. On Sundays, dancing teas; Mondays, desolation, There is everything in the little house: cushions and divans; eat at the apothecary, coconut; carpets that don't make noise and table set for love.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues8

tango.info · 00724352910526-1-4

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tango.info · 02480002042433-1-10

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tango.info · 02480002113225-1-5

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tango.info · 02480002301424-1-3

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tango.info · 07798089730781-1-17

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tango.info · 07798145107373-1-15

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tango.info · 07898659721703-1-10

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tango.info · 08427328131018-1-4

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Singers1

Sung by Armando Moreno

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:11

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Audio feature15

Audio feature 139.7

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Audio feature 0.958

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Audio feature A

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Audio feature major

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Audio feature 0.778

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Audio feature -22.6

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Audio feature 0.321

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Audio feature 0.49

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Audio feature 0.236

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Audio feature 0.02

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Audio feature 0.0

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Audio feature 0.744

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Audio feature 138.6

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Audio feature 69.3

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Audio feature step

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. A media luzFrancisco Canaro1926

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