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Todo te nombra

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Ivo Pelay. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1940.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1939

  1. Rodolfo BiagiJorge Ortiz1940
  2. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1939

Versions of Todo te nombra recorded 1939–1940

Todo te nombra was composed by Francisco Canaro.

Todo te nombra is a tango.

The lyrics of Todo te nombra are by Ivo Pelay.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

28 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
Words
Ivo Pelay
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Desterrado de un amor... Peregrino de un querer... Fugitivo de tus ojos, sólo sueño con volver y mis noches se despueblan y de brumas es mi amanecer. De tu amor soy un cautivo porque en mí todo te nombra; desde el mar que brama altivo hasta el valle, que furtivo, de tu amor me habla en la sombra. Al cantar, te nombra el ave... Al morir, te nombra el día... Y al pasar, el aire suave ecos trae de lejanía que te nombran sin cesar... Que me puedas olvidar mientras sólo pienso en ti, que me niegues el cariño mientras tengo tu alma en mí, son las dudas que me envuelven desde el día que te conocí.

English · machine translation

Banished from a love... Pilgrim of a love... Fugitive of your eyes, I only dream of returning and my nights are deserted and of mists is my dawn. I am a captive of your love because in me everything names you; from the sea that roars haughtily to the valley, that furtive of your love speaks to me in the shadows. When singing, the bird names you... When dying, the day names you... And in passing, the soft air brings echoes from afar that name you unceasingly... May you forget me while I only think of you, that you deny me affection while I have your soul in me, are the doubts that have enveloped me since the day I met you.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1939 to 1940.
1930’40
Recordings of Todo te nombra by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Rodolfo BiagiTodo te nombraRodolfo BiagiJorge OrtiztangoOdeon
    13 dances
    1940
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedTodo te nombraFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    15 dances
    1939
All recordings of Todo te nombra

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Todo te nombraFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 13 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1939–1940 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2021: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

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 3 complete sets on film

  1. Juan Martín Carrara and Stefanía Colina

    2012 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El viejo valsFrancisco Rotundo, 1951
    2. 2Que tiempo aquelFrancisco Lomuto, 1938
    3. 3Todo te nombraRodolfo Biagi, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Alejandro Hermida and Nayla Vacca

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Corazón encadenadoFrancisco Canaro, 1942
    2. 2Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    3. 3Todo te nombraFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Jean Sebastien and Katerina Sakka

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Todo te nombraFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    2. 2BonanzaJuan D'Arienzo, 1958
    3. 3AngélicaAlfredo De Angelis, 1961
    Watch it on TangoTube

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every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Canaro

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/1239

tango.info · Z0000003260

Is a1

Is a Tango

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Ivo Pelay

Listen

  1. Todo te nombraFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
  2. Todo te nombraRodolfo BiagiJorge OrtiztangoOdeon

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