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Song

Contra luz

Music by Horacio Susena. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1947–1947.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1947

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1947

Versions of Contra luz recorded 1947

Contra luz was composed by Horacio Susena.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

6 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Horacio Susena
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1947 to 1947.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedContra luzJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    6 dances
    1947
All recordings of Contra luz

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Contra luzJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Marika Landry & Ney Melo2:40

Danced to it

Music from 1947 · danced on film 2015–2024

20152024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMarika Landry & Ney Melo2015
  2. The 2020sMarco Evola2023

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Anita Ponce and Julio Saavedra

    2024 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1No esperaba verte másCarlos Di Sarli, 1946
    2. 2Contra luzJuan D'Arienzo, 1947
    3. 3Mala pintaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    4. 4El desafíoMiguel Caló, 1944
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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 catalogues1

tango.info · T0464666203

Composer1

Composed by Horacio Susena

Listen

  1. Contra luzJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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