Song
Fruta Amarga
Who recorded it
Every version4Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1945
Versions of Fruta Amarga recorded 1945–1972
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
4 orchestras recorded it
30 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Hugo Gutiérrez
- Words
- Homero Manzi
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
4 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 Aníbal Troilo, 1945, with 53% of the 30 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
33 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.
- Aníbal TroiloMost dancedFruta AmargaAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor16 dances · 53%1945
- Miguel CalóEarliest we holdFruta AmargaMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon14 dances · 47%1945
- Francisco FiorentinoFruta AmargaFrancisco FiorentinosungtangoNo match yet1945
- Atilio StamponeFruta AmargaAtilio StamponeRoberto GoyenechetangoNo match yet1972
- Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Aug 141945
- Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Oct 161945
- Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue1998
- Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
- Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
- María GrañaNot in our catalogue
- Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue-unspecified female-
- Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Couples filmed dancing this recording · 16 Performances
Danced to it
Music from 1945–1972 · danced on film 2011–2025
2011: 1, 2012: 3, 2013: 3, 2014: 4, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 2, 2018: 4, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 1
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
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
Fabián Peralta and Josefina Bermúdez
Viva La Pepa, 2014 · In the order danced: the video titles number them
- 1No me extrañaPedro Laurenz, 1940
- 2Fruta AmargaAníbal Troilo, 1945
- 3Canción de rangoRicardo Tanturi, 1942
In their words
Sí, un videoclip de 'Fruta Amarga', un arreglo que hice, que, bueno, fue de los primeros tangos que empezamos a armar, me parece.
Yes, a video for 'Fruta Amarga,' an arrangement I made, which, well, was one of the first tangos we started putting together, I think.Tangopedia translation
Nicolás Malbos · NICOLÁS MALBOS formador y promotor del tango en la Patagonia #entrevista
open at 35:55Hay un ejemplo, por ejemplo, yo lo tomo mucho, en 'Fruta amarga' está minado de figuras retóricas, y hasta puestas en los mismos lugares, en la primera y en la última
There's an example, I often use it, in 'Fruta amarga' it's packed with rhetorical figures, even placed in the same spots, in the first and last stanza, in the song'sTangopedia translation
Matías Mauricio · Matías Mauricio - La entrevista
open at 8:26
Read more
- EntryHugo GutiérrezPerson
- EntryHomero ManziPerson
- EntryFruta Amarga · Francisco Fiorentino · 1945Recording
- EntryFruta Amarga · Miguel Caló · 1945Recording
- EntryFruta Amarga · Atilio Stampone · 1972Recording
- EntryArrabal amargo · Hugo Diaz · 1975Recording
- EntryFruta Amarga · Aníbal Troilo · 1945Recording
- EntryConfidencia · Típica Victor · 1934Recording
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
The year it was written.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Hugo Gutiérrez
In other catalogues3
tango.info · Z0000069984
TodoTango · tema/277
MusicBrainz · 5aea3163-0d71-4e5b-8d72-82b4c0bbdcb5source
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Homero Manzi
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