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Song

Flores negras

Music by Francisco de Caro. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1980.

Who recorded it

Every version7

Earliest we hold: Julio De Caro, 1927

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo1980
  2. Alfredo De Angelis1961
  3. Julio De Caro192719421952
  4. Horacio Salgan1957
  5. Los Astros del Tango1958

Versions of Flores negras recorded 1927–1980

Flores negras was composed by Francisco De Caro.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

36 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco de Caro
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Julio De Caro’s 1927 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 7 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1927 to 1980.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Flores negras by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Julio De Caro, with 97% of the 36 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  2. Osvaldo FresedoFlores negrasOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    1 dance · 3%
    1980
  3. Horacio SalganFlores negrasHoracio SalgantangoAntar-Telefunken (Montevideo)
    No match yet
    1957
  4. Los Astros del TangoFlores negrasLos Astros del TangotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  5. Alfredo De AngelisFlores negrasAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1961
  6. Orquesta Típica Brodman-AlfaroNot in our catalogue1930
  7. Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueMay 91961
  8. Orquesta Típica Decareana, dir. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogue1983
  9. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  10. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue
  11. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Flores negras

One recording

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

Julio De Caro

Flores negrasJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 31 Performances

Javier Antar & Kara Wenham2013 · 2:56

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1980 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2011: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 6, 2014: 4, 2015: 3, 2018: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRamiro Gigliotti & Elina Roldán2007
  2. The 2010sJavier Antar & Kara Wenham2013
  3. The 2020sBruno Tombari & Rocio LequioBratislava Tango Festival · 2023

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.

3 of 4 complete sets on film

  1. Javier Antar and Kara Wenham

    Viva La Pepa, 2014 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1La virutaJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    2. 2Duerme mi amorCarlos Di Sarli, 1958
    3. 3Flores negrasJulio De Caro, 1927
    4. 4Gente amigaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1958
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Bruno Tombari and Rocio Lequio

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1AmuradoPedro Laurenz, 1940
    2. 2Flores negrasJulio De Caro, 1952
    3. 3Qué me van a hablar de amorTango Bardo, 2018
    4. 4Como la margaritaAlfredo De Angelis, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Inês Gomes and Rui Barroso

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1A una mujerJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    2. 2Don Agustín BardiOsvaldo Pugliese, 1961
    3. 3Flores negrasJulio De Caro, 1927
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370013414

TodoTango · tema/2257

Composer1

Composed by Francisco De Caro

Listen

  1. Flores negrasJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
  2. Flores negrasJulio De Carotango
  3. Flores negrasJulio De Carotango
  4. Flores negrasHoracio SalgantangoAntar-Telefunken (Montevideo)
  5. Flores negrasLos Astros del TangotangoMusic Hall
  6. Flores negrasAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  7. Flores negrasOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia

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