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El espiante · Héctor Varela · 1954

Héctor Varelainstrumentaltango
Music by Osvaldo Fresedo. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1916–1979.

Pinned at 1954 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Héctor Varela recordings indexed 1950–1975

El espiante · Héctor Varela · 1954 is a tango.† El espiante · Héctor Varela · 1954 lasts 03:35.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

56 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 8 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1916 to 1979.
1910’20’30’40’50’60’70
Recordings of El espiante · Héctor Varela · 1954 by year, taller the more they are danced · 8 of 8 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

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

The leader is Julio De Caro, 1939, with 50% of the 56 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. Julio De CaroMost dancedEl espianteJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
    28 dances · 50%
    1939
  3. Héctor VarelaEl espianteHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    2 dances · 4%
    1954
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl espianteFrancisco Canarosinger unknowntangoAtlanta
    No match yet
    1916
  5. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1916
  6. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogue1974
  7. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

El espianteHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Federico Naveira & Sabrina Masso2012 · 3:27

Danced to it

Music from 1954 · danced on film 2011–2012

20112012
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 1

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Connected

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Danced by

Videos danced in

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues7

tango.info · 08427328140133-1-16

tango.info · 02480002044031-1-14

tango.info · 05099748491725-1-3

tango.info · 05099749358621-1-14

tango.info · 05099749394827-1-14

tango.info · 00037628757429-1-17

tango.info · 05099748460226-1-14

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:35

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. El espianteFrancisco Canarosinger unknown

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