Song
A media luz · Roberto Firpo · 1934
Roberto FirpoCarlos VarelatangoOdeonWho recorded it
Every version31Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1926
Pinned at 1934 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Roberto Firpo recordings indexed 1917–1944
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
19 orchestras recorded it
6 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Edgardo Donato
- Words
- Carlos Lenzi
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- 1925, Montevideo
Source: TangoCloud catalogue · the premiere
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.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
31 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 67 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
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- Juan D'ArienzoA media luzJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorNo match yet1963
- Osvaldo FresedoA media luzOsvaldo FresedoArgentino LedesmatangoColumbiaNo match yet1980
- Enrique RodríguezA media luzEnrique RodríguezArmando MorenotangoOdeonNo match yet1940
- Alfredo De AngelisA media luzAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentaltangoOdeon1 dance1956
- Enrique FranciniA media luzEnrique FrancinitangoCBS ColumbiaNo match yet1977
- Alfredo GobbiA media luzAlfredo GobbitangoNo match yet1955
- Orquesta Francini-PontierA media luzOrquesta Francini-PontiertangoSnow Records JapanNo match yet1973
- Héctor VarelaA media luzHéctor VarelainstrumentaltangoNo match yet1968
- Orquesta El ArranqueA media luzOrquesta El ArranquetangoNo match yet2002
- Alberto CastilloA media luzAlberto CastillosungtangoNo match yet1953
- Los Solistas De D'ArienzoA media luzLos Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter GutiérreztangoMusic HallNo match yet1987
- Raúl GarelloA media luzRaúl GarellotangoNo match yet1977
- Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1926
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Roberto Firpo
A media luzRoberto FirpoCarlos VarelatangoOdeonNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
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In other catalogues11
tango.info · 04024236203048-1-7
tango.info · 00724354172724-1-12
tango.info · 00724383718924-1-7
tango.info · 02480002007425-1-9
tango.info · 02480002336235-2-2
tango.info · 02480002706984-2-1
tango.info · 02480002734161-2-1
tango.info · 00008637213824-1-7
tango.info · 02480002042266-1-7
tango.info · 02480002101123-2-159
tango.info · 02480002107828-1-17
Is a1
Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 02:53
Vocal1
Vocal sung
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