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Song

Abandono

Music by Pedro Maffia, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–1937.

Abandono was composed by Pedro Maffia.† The lyrics of Abandono are by Homero Manzi.†

Credit

Music
Pedro Maffia
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Pedro LaurenzEarliest we holdMost dancedHéctor Farrel · RCA Victor · Sep 24193786 dances

Danced to it

Music from 1937 · danced on film 2007–2025

20072025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 9, 2009: 5, 2010: 6, 2011: 6, 2012: 4, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 4, 2016: 7, 2017: 3, 2018: 7, 2019: 5, 2020: 1, 2021: 7, 2022: 7, 2023: 8, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20052009 · 3:04

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2009
  2. The 2010sLeonardo Pankow & Constanza Vieyto2018
  3. The 2020sSuyay Quiroga & Jonny Carvajal2023

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19371937

1937: 1

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370059827

Single source

TodoTango · tema/235

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Pedro Maffia

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Manzi

Single source

Listen

  1. AbandonoPedro Laurenz · Héctor Farrel1937

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