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Quemá esas cartas

Music by Alberto Cosentino. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1955–1965.
1955: 1 · danced 12 times1956: 1 · danced 4 times1960: 1 · danced 3 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times
1955’601965
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1955: 1, 12; 1956: 1, 4; 1960: 1, 3; 1965: 1, 0

  1. Armando Pontier recorded it in 1956 and 1965.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Quemá esas cartas was composed by Alberto Cosentino.†

Credit

Music
Alberto Cosentino

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1950’60

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoJorge Valdez · RCA Victor · Sep 7
    3 dances
    1960
  2. Armando PontierRoberto Florio · Jan 20
    4 dances
    1956
  3. Armando PontierAlberto Podestá
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  4. Alberto MoránEarliest we holdMost dancedJan 27
    12 dances
    1955
  5. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda1950
  6. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueAlberto Morán · Jan 271955
  7. Enzo ValentinoNot in our catalogue1970
  8. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  9. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue
  10. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda

Danced to it

Music from 1955–1965 · danced on film 2012–2025

20122025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2018: 5, 2025: 4

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20152025 · 0:08

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2018
  2. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2025

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370141324

Single source

TodoTango · tema/7377

Single source

MusicBrainz · 8e54018d-ce8e-4bf7-9d51-cdb6e1b3309csource

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Alberto Cosentino

Single source

Listen

  1. Quemá esas cartasAlberto Morán · Alberto Morán1955
  2. Quemá esas cartasArmando Pontier · Roberto Florio1956
  3. Quemá esas cartasJuan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez1960
  4. Quemá esas cartasArmando Pontier · Alberto Podestá1965

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