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Con alma y vida · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953

Carlos Di SarliOscar SerpamilongaMusic Hall
Music by Carlos Di Sarli, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1986.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1928

  1. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán · Oscar Serpa19451953
  2. Francisco CanaroCharlo1928
  3. José BassoQuique Ojeda · Eduardo Borda1986

Pinned at 1953 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · gold: The return, 1951–1954

Con alma y vida · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953 was sung by Oscar Serpa.† Con alma y vida · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953 is a milonga.† Con alma y vida · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953 lasts 02:23.† Con alma y vida · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953: A Di Sarli milonga (his own composition, recorded before in 1945) picked for its cadencia, the swing of a phrase.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Di Sarli
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Carlos Di Sarli’s 1953 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1928 to 1986.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Con alma y vida · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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

  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCon alma y vidaFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1928
  3. José BassoCon alma y vidaJosé BassoQuique Ojeda, Eduardo Bordamilonga
    No match yet
    1986

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Con alma y vidaCarlos Di SarliOscar SerpamilongaMusic Hall

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Carlos Gavito3:15

Recorded the same day

What else Carlos Di Sarli recorded on Mar 5, 1953.

  1. No me pregunten por quéCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall
  2. Se muere de amorCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall
  3. Siempre másCarlos Di SarliOscar SerpatangoMusic Hall

Danced to it

Music from 1953 · danced on film 2013–2017

20132017
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 2, 2016: 2, 2017: 1

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Liza Rosales and Manuel Rosales

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Porteño y bailarínCarlos Di Sarli, 1945
    2. 2No me extrañaPedro Laurenz, 1940
    3. 3Con alma y vidaCarlos Di Sarli, 1953
    4. 4El vals soñadorMiguel Caló, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Videos danced in

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In other catalogues4

tango.info · 04024236202027-1-10

tango.info · 02480002005186-1-4

tango.info · 02480002334682-1-2

tango.info · 00099441602522-1-2

Singers1

Sung by Oscar Serpa

Is a1

Is a milonga

Duration1

Duration 02:23

Audio feature13

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.923

Audio feature C

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.738

Audio feature -20.9

Audio feature 0.474

Audio feature 0.164

Audio feature 0.259

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.74

Audio feature 134.2

Notes1

A Di Sarli milonga (his own composition, recorded before in 1945) picked for its cadencia, the swing of a phrase.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Con alma y vidaFrancisco CanaroCharlo

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