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Song

Pimienta

Music by Osvaldo Fresedo. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–2000.

Who recorded it

Every version14

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1939

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1963
  2. Carlos Di Sarli1952
  3. Miguel Caló1948
  4. Osvaldo Fresedo193919451959
  5. Francisco Canaro1940
  6. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1954

Versions of Pimienta recorded 1939–2000

Pimienta was composed by Osvaldo Fresedo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

12 orchestras recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Osvaldo Fresedo
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 14 recordings of this song by 12 orchestras, 1939 to 2000.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Pimienta by year, taller the more they are danced · 14 of 14 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 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'ArienzoPimientaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1963
  2. Carlos Di SarliPimientaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
    2 dances
    1952
  3. Miguel CalóPimientaMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1948
  5. Francisco CanaroPimientaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1940
  6. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)PimientaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1954
  7. Armando PontierPimientaArmando Pontierinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1966
  8. Orquesta Escuela de TangoPimientaOrquesta Escuela de Tangotango
    No match yet
    2000
  9. Ángel DominguezPimientaÁngel Dominguezinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1955
  10. Horacio Salgan y Dante AmicarelliPimientaHoracio Salgan y Dante AmicarellitangoPhilips
    No match yet
    1971
  11. Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De LioPimientaHoracio Salgan y Ubaldo De LiotangoPhilips
    No match yet
    1971
  12. Pedro MaffiaPimientaPedro Maffiatango
    No match yet
    1959
  13. Ariel PederneraNot in our catalogueAug 61951
  14. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueNov 171954
  15. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogue1962
  16. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogue
  17. La TubatangoNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Pimienta

One recording

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

Osvaldo Fresedo

PimientaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Tete Rusconi9:07

Danced to it

Music from 1939–2000 · danced on film 2005–2019

20052019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2016: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRebecca Shulman2005
  2. The 2010sPablo Canavire & Sara Westin2016

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Guille Barrionuevo and Mariela Sametband

    2019 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1IvetteAníbal Troilo, 1955
    2. 2PimientaOsvaldo Fresedo, 1939
    3. 3DidíRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    4. 4La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Celeste Cimino and Luciano Millaqueo

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1PimientaOsvaldo Fresedo, 1939
    2. 2Indio mansoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958
    3. 3MaldonadoPedro Laurenz, 1943
    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 catalogues3

tango.info · T0370024308

TodoTango · tema/4049

MusicBrainz · 0844b736-394e-487e-8b33-4db8d9777722source

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Fresedo

Listen

  1. PimientaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. PimientaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  3. PimientaOsvaldo FresedotangoRCA Victor
  4. PimientaMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  5. PimientaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
  6. PimientaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
  7. Pimientainstrumentaltango
  8. PimientaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
  9. PimientaPedro Maffiatango
  10. PimientaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  11. PimientaArmando Pontierinstrumentaltango
  12. PimientaHoracio Salgan y Dante AmicarellitangoPhilips

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