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Milongón · Francisco Canaro · 1938

Francisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1956.

Pinned at 1938 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: With Maida, 1933–1938

Milongón · Francisco Canaro · 1938 is a milonga.† Milongón · Francisco Canaro · 1938 lasts 02:45.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

38 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1938 to 1956.
1930’40’50
Recordings of Milongón · Francisco Canaro · 1938 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

The leader is Francisco Canaro, with 79% of the 38 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.

  2. Francisco LomutoMilongónFrancisco LomutoJorge OmarmilongaRCA Victor
    6 dances · 16%
    1939
  3. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)MilongónQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknownmilongaOdeon
    2 dances · 5%
    1952
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Apr 171939
  5. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 71952

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

MilongónFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalmilongaOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Vladimir Makhalov & Ellinor Westrup2:58

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Jun 20, 1938.

  1. Milonga bravaFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon
  2. Adiós muchachosFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
  3. Mate amargoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  4. Yo tambien fui pibeFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2013

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Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Videos danced in

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · 02480002040910-1-17

tango.info · 00724359515922-1-12

Is a1

Is a milonga

Duration1

Duration 02:45

Audio feature13

Audio feature 105.5

Audio feature 0.958

Audio feature D

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.882

Audio feature -23.2

Audio feature 0.46

Audio feature 0.537

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.999

Audio feature 105.3

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Listen

  1. MilongónFrancisco Canarosinger unknown

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