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El tarta

Music by José María Rizzuti, lyrics by Emilio Fresedo. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1972.
1933: 1 · danced 0 times1946: 1 · danced 1 times1954: 1 · danced 16 times1972: 1 · danced 3 times
1933’40’50’601972
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1933: 1, 0; 1946: 1, 1; 1954: 1, 16; 1972: 1, 3

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1946 and 1954.

    How we know

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

El tarta is a tango.

El tarta was published in 1933.

El tarta was composed by José María Rizzuti.

The lyrics of El tarta are by Emilio Fresedo.

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Credit

Music
José María Rizzuti
Lyrics
Emilio Fresedo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe · RCA Victor · Dec 23
    1 dance
    1946
  2. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedAlberto Echagüe · RCA Victor · Nov 10
    16 dances
    1954
  3. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdRoberto Ray · RCA Victor · Nov 28
    Not danced on film yet
    1933
  4. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe · Music Hall
    3 dances
    1972
  5. Tito MartínNot in our catalogueOsvaldo Barbé1951

Danced to it

Music from 1933–1972 · danced on film 2008–2022

20082022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 2, 2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 2, 2012: 8, 2016: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2022: 2

Jonathan SaavedraWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20152022 · 2:18

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepulveda2008
  2. The 2010sCristian Palomo & Melisa Sacchi2018
  3. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    2 performances
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1312

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tango.info · T0370135184

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MusicBrainz · fda7e8de-7978-4560-bdf2-83fc96f6904fsource

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1933

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Composer1

Composed by José María Rizzuti

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Emilio Fresedo

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Listen

  1. El tartaOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray1933
  2. El tartaJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1946
  3. El tartaJuan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1954
  4. El tartaLos Solistas De D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe1972

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