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Song

Quemá esas cartas

Music by Alberto Cosentino. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1955–1965.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Alberto Morán, 1955

  1. Juan D'ArienzoJorge Valdez1960
  2. Armando PontierRoberto Florio · Alberto Podestá19561965
  3. Alberto Morán1955

Versions of Quemá esas cartas recorded 1955–1965

Quemá esas cartas was composed by Alberto Cosentino.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

19 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberto Cosentino
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alberto Morán’s 1955 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1955 to 1965.
1950’60
Recordings of Quemá esas cartas by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoQuemá esas cartasJuan D'ArienzoJorge ValdezvalsRCA Victor
    3 dances
    1960
  3. Alberto MoránEarliest we holdMost dancedQuemá esas cartasAlberto Moránsungvals
    12 dances
    1955
  4. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda1950
  5. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueAlberto Morán · Jan 271955
  6. Enzo ValentinoNot in our catalogue1970
  7. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  8. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue
  9. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda
All recordings of Quemá esas cartas

One recording

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

Alberto Morán

Quemá esas cartasAlberto Moránsungvals
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 12 Performances

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

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

Through the decades

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

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.

1 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Julio Balmaceda and Virginia Vasconi

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1No te engañes corazónAlberto Morán, 1954
    2. 2Quemá esas cartasArmando Pontier, 1956
    3. 3La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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

TodoTango · tema/7377

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

Composer1

Composed by Alberto Cosentino

Listen

  1. Quemá esas cartasAlberto Moránsungvals
  2. Quemá esas cartasArmando PontierRoberto Floriovals
  3. Quemá esas cartasJuan D'ArienzoJorge ValdezvalsRCA Victor
  4. Quemá esas cartasArmando PontierAlberto Podestávals

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