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El internado

El internado is a tango composition credited to Francisco Canaro .

Who recorded it

Every version12

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1935

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1938195019541965
  2. Rodolfo Biagi1953
  3. Francisco Canaro1935
  4. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1952
  5. Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo1938
  6. José Basso1963

Versions of El internado recorded 1935–1987

El internado is a composition attributed to Francisco Canaro in public music credits .

The available material records only this composer credit; this claim rests on a single source .

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

9 orchestras recorded it

33 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
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 12 recordings of this song by 9 orchestras, 1935 to 1987.
1930’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of El internado by year, taller the more they are danced · 12 of 12 recordings carry a year · read Nov 3, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 9 orchestras; the earliest here is Francisco Canaro in 1935.

  1. 1935Francisco CanaroRecording
  2. 1938Juan D'ArienzoRecording
  3. 1938Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoRecording
  4. 1952Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Recording
  5. 1952Juan PolitoRecording
  6. 1953Rodolfo BiagiRecording
  7. 1963José BassoRecording
  8. 1967Mariano MoresRecording
  9. 1987Los Solistas De D'ArienzoRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, with 61% of the 33 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

12 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Rodolfo BiagiEl internadoRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    10 dances · 30%
    1953
  3. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)El internadoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    2 dances · 6%
    1952
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl internadoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeonMeasured automatically · 124 BPM · C# minor
    1 dance · 3%
    1935
  5. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoEl internadoCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpotango
    No match yet
    1938
  6. Juan PolitoEl internadoJuan Politoinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1952
  7. José BassoEl internadoJosé BassotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1963
  8. Mariano MoresEl internadoMariano Morestango
    No match yet
    1967
  9. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoEl internadoLos Solistas De D'ArienzotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1987
  10. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueMay 51950
  11. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMay 141952
  12. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueOct 81952
  13. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogue1984
  14. Ernesto FrancoNot in our catalogue
  15. José LibertellaNot in our catalogue
  16. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogue
  17. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
All recordings of El internado

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

El internadoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 18 Performances

Emmanuel Casal & Yanina MuzykaWorld Champions · Tango Escenario 20212025 · 2:46

Danced to it

Music from 1935–1987 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 5, 2018: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sNick Jones & Luiza Paes2008
  2. The 2010sChristian Marquez & Virginia GomezBrussels Tango Festival · 2017
  3. The 2020sEmmanuel Casal & Yanina Muzyka2025

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Fulgor de Villa CrespoVilla Crespo
    1 performance

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. Joanna Jabłońska and Piotr Bochiński

    2026 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947
    2. 2El internadoJuan D'Arienzo, 1950
    3. 3Tristeza marinaJosé Garcia, 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

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Canaro

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370015329

MusicBrainz · 98f86c03-9e09-477a-a3c2-6b9ff84740adsource

TodoTango · tema/3871

Listen

  1. El internadoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. El internadoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  3. El internadoCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpotango
  4. El internadoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  5. El internadoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
  6. El internadoJuan Politoinstrumentaltango
  7. El internadoRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  8. El internadoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  9. El internadoJosé BassotangoMusic Hall
  10. El internadoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  11. El internadoMariano Morestango
  12. El internadoLos Solistas De D'ArienzotangoMusic Hall

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