Song
Siempre es carnaval
Who recorded it
Every version2Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1937
Versions of Siempre es carnaval recorded 1937–2021
Siempre es carnaval was composed by Osvaldo Fresedo.
Siempre es carnaval is a tango.
Siempre es carnaval was published in 1937.
The lyrics of Siempre es carnaval are by Emilio Fresedo.
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
2 orchestras recorded it
12 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Osvaldo Fresedo
- Words
- Emilio Fresedo
- Written
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- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
Español
¡Cuántos viven disfrazados sin saber que así quedaron! ¡Cuántos se oyen sin reír! Este mundo es escenario de un gran cine continuado que nos hace consumir. Cuánto, al fin, se macanea, ya que nunca es todo cierto, y es un juego el acertar: 'La señora está indispuesta' o 'ha salido hace un momento'; y el esposo se hace el muerto si es que vienen a cobrar. Y siempre es carnaval. Van cayendo serpentinas, unas gruesas y otras finas que nos hacen tambalear. Y cuando en tu disfraz la careta queda ausente en tu cara de inocente, todo el año es carnaval. ¡Y viva el carnaval! Vos ves siempre lucecitas. Sos la eterna mascarita que gozás con engañar. Y cuando en tu disfraz la careta queda ausente en tu cara de inocente, todo el año es carnaval. ¡Qué tuviste una fortuna! ¡Qué de oro fue tu cuna! Que esto cuesta: ¡Qué se yo! Las mujeres y los hombres por tu amor tocan la luna y otras cosas más por vos... ¡Y si hablás de tu familia!... tu pretérito imperfecto lo pasaste como un rey. Yo quisiera que me digas, y dejando un poco de esto, si la cuenta vos has hecho ¿cuántos pesos me debés?
English · machine translation
How many live in disguise without knowing that this is the way they are! How many hear themselves without laughing! This world is the stage of a great continuous cinema that makes us consume. How much, in the end, it is fooled, since it is never all true, and it is a game to get it right: 'The lady is indisposed' or 'she went out a moment ago'; and the husband plays dead if they come to collect. And it is always carnival. Streamers are falling, some thick and others thin that make us stagger. And when in your costume the mask is absent in your innocent face, the whole year is carnival. And long live carnival! You always see little lights. You are the eternal little mask who enjoys deceiving. And when in your disguise the mask is absent in your innocent face, the whole year is carnival. What a fortune you had! How golden was your cradle! That this costs: what do I know! Women and men for your love touch the moon and other things for you... And if you talk about your family!... your imperfect past tense you spent it like a king. I would like you to tell me, and leaving some of this aside, if you have made the account how many pesos do you owe me?
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
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- Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMost dancedSiempre es carnavalOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor12 dances1937
- Orquesta Típica AndariegaSiempre es carnavalOrquesta Típica AndariegaMarisol MartíneztangoNo match yet2021
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi · Jan 211938
- -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi · Jan 211938
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Couples filmed dancing this recording · 13 Performances
Danced to it
Music from 1937–2021 · danced on film 2008–2019
2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 1
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
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
Mila Vigdorova and Ozgur Demir
2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Una fijaCarlos Di Sarli, 1954
- 2La mulateadaCarlos Di Sarli, 1941
- 3Sin saborEdgardo Donato, 1939
- 4Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo Fresedo, 1937
Gustavo Benzecry Sabá and María Olivera
In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Siempre es carnavalOsvaldo Fresedo, 1937
- 2PaisajePedro Laurenz, 1943
- 3La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947
- 4Milonga de mis amoresColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 1998
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- EntryOsvaldo FresedoPerson
- EntryEmilio FresedoPerson
- EntryVida míaComposition
- EntrySollozosComposition
- EntrySiempre unidosComposition
- EntryPájaro azulComposition
- EntryDespues del carnavalComposition
- EntryYo también soñéComposition
every sentence cites a published fact
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Osvaldo Fresedo
In other catalogues2
TodoTango · tema/2315
tango.info · T0370027841
Is a1
Is a Tango
Published1
Published 1937
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Emilio Fresedo
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