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Tierra querida

Music by Julio de Caro, lyrics by Luis Díaz. 16 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2013.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1936: 1 · danced 0 times1944: 1 · danced 15 times1945: 1 · danced 0 times1948: 1 · danced 2 times1950: 1 · danced 0 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 11 times1961: 1 · danced 0 times1963: 1 · danced 0 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times1969: 1 · danced 2 times2003: 1 · danced 2 times2005: 1 · danced 0 times2011: 1 · danced 0 times2013: 1 · danced 0 times
1927’40’50’60’70’80’90’002013
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1936: 1, 0; 1944: 1, 15; 1945: 1, 0; 1948: 1, 2; 1950: 1, 0; 1951: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 11; 1961: 1, 0; 1963: 1, 0; 1968: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 2; 2003: 1, 2; 2005: 1, 0; 2011: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 0

  1. Miguel Caló recorded it in 1945 and 1969. 3 other orchestras recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Tierra querida was composed by Julio De Caro.† The lyrics of Tierra querida are by Luis Díaz.†

Credit

Music
Julio de Caro
Lyrics
Luis Díaz

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

16 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 6
    15 dances
    1944
  2. Miguel CalóInstrumental · Odeon · Jan 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  3. Miguel CalóInstrumental · Odeon · Mar 28
    2 dances
    1969
  4. Julio De CaroEarliest we hold
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  5. Julio De CaroInstrumental · Nov 27
    11 dances
    1952
  6. José BassoInstrumental · Odeon · Apr 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1961
  7. Horacio SalganRCA Victor · May 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  8. Horacio SalganPhilips
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  9. Astor PiazzollaInstrumental · Apr 10
    2 dances
    1948
  10. Orquesta Escuela de Tango
    Not danced on film yet
    2013
  11. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciApr 1
    2 dances
    2003
  12. Baffa-Berlingierirca camden
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  13. Orquesta Típica ImperialJul 26
    Not danced on film yet
    2005
  14. Orquesta Típica ImperialJun 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2011
  15. Quinteto Los VirtuososInstrumental · Dec 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1936
  16. Raúl Kaplun
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  17. Estrellas de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogueApr 61960
  18. Orquesta Típica Decareana, dir. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogue1983
  19. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  20. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1927–2013 · danced on film 2009–2024

20092024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 2, 2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 5, 2024: 3

Levan Gomelauri & Cecilia Acosta2020 · 3:39

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOlga Leonova & Viacheslav Ivanov2009
  2. The 2010sTomás Howlin & Shorey Myers2011
  3. The 2020sLevan Gomelauri & Cecilia Acosta2020

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370028402

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1639

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Julio De Caro

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Luis Díaz

Single source

Listen

  1. Tierra queridaJulio De Caro1927
  2. Tierra queridaQuinteto Los Virtuosos1936
  3. Tierra queridaOsvaldo Pugliese1944
  4. Tierra queridaMiguel Caló1945
  5. Tierra queridaAstor Piazzolla1948
  6. Tierra queridaRaúl Kaplun · no clip yet1950
  7. Tierra queridaHoracio Salgan1951
  8. Tierra queridaJulio De Caro1952
  9. Tierra queridaJosé Basso · no clip yet1961
  10. Tierra queridaHoracio Salgan1963
  11. Tierra queridaBaffa-Berlingieri · no clip yet1968
  12. Tierra queridaMiguel Caló1969

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