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Como se muere de amor · José Basso · 1963

José BassoFloreal RuiztangoMusic Hall
Music by Daniel Alvarez, lyrics by Daniel Alvarez. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1964.

Pinned at 1963 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · José Basso recordings indexed 1948–1986

The work

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Music
Daniel Alvarez
Lyrics
Daniel Alvarez

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1933 to 1964.

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1930’40’50’60
Recordings of Como se muere de amor · José Basso · 1963 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

The leader is Alfredo De Angelis, 1943, with 100% of the 31 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. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedComo se muere de amorAlfredo De AngelisFloreal Ruiz, Nestor RoditangoOdeon
    31 dances · 100%
    1943
  2. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdComo se muere de amorFrancisco LomutoFernando DíaztangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1933
  3. José BassoComo se muere de amorJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1963
  4. Alfredo De AngelisComo se muere de amorAlfredo De AngelisRoberto MancinitangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1964

Lyrics

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En una casita blanca con ventanal al jardín, se oye muy suave, a lo lejos, la armonía de un violín. Es una casita blanca, una mesita, una flor, varias sillas distraídas que contemplan aburridas a un enfermito de amor. Eternamente, una sonrisa, por su boca se desliza impregnada de dolor. Y en su mirada serena y pura, hay un libro de amargura y una novela de amor. Luego, misteriosamente, llega hasta allí una mujer y con un beso en la frente vuelca todo su querer... Todos han enmudecido y contemplan con dolor en el frío rostro de ella donde está impresa la huella del que se muere de amor... Y los violines en un suspiro van diciendo: 'Yo me inspiro en un poema de ilusión', muy quedamente cual si temiesen que sus trinos ofendiesen el ritmo de una oración.

English · machine translation

In a little white house with a window to the garden, you can hear very softly, in the distance, the harmony of a violin. It is a little white house, a small table, a flower, several distracted chairs who contemplate bored a little love-sick man. Eternally, a smile, slips through his mouth impregnated with pain. And in her gaze serene and pure, there is a book of bitterness and a novel of love. Then, mysteriously, a woman arrives there and with a kiss on the forehead she pours out all her love... All have fallen silent and contemplate with pain on her cold face where is imprinted the imprint of the one who is dying of love... And the violins in a sigh are saying: 'I am inspired in a poem of illusion', very quietly as if they were afraid that their trills would offend the rhythm of a prayer.

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