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Maldonado · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943

Carlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
Music by Alberto Mastra, Raúl de los Hoyos, lyrics by Alberto Vacarezza. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1929

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1943
  2. Pedro LaurenzAlberto Podestá1943
  3. Francisco CanaroCharlo1929

Pinned at 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · gold: Melodic, 1942–1949

Maldonado · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 was sung by Roberto Rufino.†† Maldonado · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 is a milonga.† Maldonado · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 lasts 03:03.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

127 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberto Mastra, Raúl de los Hoyos
Words
Alberto Vacarezza
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Pedro Laurenz’s 1943 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1929 to 1943.
1920’30’40
Recordings of Maldonado · Carlos Di Sarli · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

The leader is Pedro Laurenz, 1943, with 93% of the 127 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Pedro LaurenzMost dancedMaldonadoPedro LaurenzAlberto PodestámilongaOdeon
    118 dances · 93%
    1943
  2. Carlos Di SarliMaldonadoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
    9 dances · 7%
    1943
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMaldonadoFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1929
  4. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueCharlo · May 21930

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

MaldonadoCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 9 Performances

Jorge Dispari & Maria Carmen2014 · 3:51

Recorded the same day

What else Carlos Di Sarli recorded on Dec 17, 1943.

  1. Esta noche de lunaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
  2. Boedo y San JuanCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
  3. Tierra negraCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 2, 2018: 2, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJorge Dispari & Maria Carmen2014
  2. The 2020sMartin Maldonado2026

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. Claire Loewe and Jorge Dispari

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1No nos veremos nuncaJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    2. 2MaldonadoCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    3. 3EnsueñosCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Jorge Dispari and Maria la Turca

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Y mientes todavíaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1950
    2. 2MaldonadoCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    3. 3Este carnavalJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    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. 1No nos veremos nuncaJuan D'Arienzo, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Roberto RufinoDec 17, 1943

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 00828767207025-1-9

tango.info · 02480002005087-1-13

tango.info · 00743218369926-1-8

tango.info · 02480002718949-2-1

Is a1

Is a milonga

Duration1

Duration 03:03

Audio feature14

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.922

Audio feature B

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.719

Audio feature -20.6

Audio feature 0.493

Audio feature 0.203

Audio feature 0.238

Audio feature 0.003

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.76

Audio feature 125.9

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. MaldonadoFrancisco CanaroCharlo

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